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urging residents to conserve dwindling supplies of fresh water.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it may already be too late for thousands of farmers who have been hit hard by a summer of little rain.\u003cbr/\u003eForecasters say rainfall in some areas of the mid-Atlantic is 80 percent below normal and they say that could mean drought conditions will get even worse.\u003cbr/\u003eThat's why farmers in West Virginia have all but given up on their corn and other crops.\u003cbr/\u003eAll of the state and five surrounding states have been declared disaster areas by the U-S Department of Agriculture which means farmers there qualify for emergency federal aid.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Democrats in Congress say it's not enough.\u003cbr/\u003eThey joined Vice President Al Gore on Capitol Hill Tuesday calling for an 11 billion (b) U-S dollar farm aid package.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \"We've had several factors that have all come together to create what many are now saying could turn out to be the worst crisis that our farmers have ever experienced.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Albert Gore, U.S. Vice President.\u003cbr/\u003eDemocrats say their plan offers more than two billion (b) U-S dollars in disaster aid for areas hit hardest, and another six billion (b) U-S dollars in crop subsidies; all meant to ease what they see as an economic crisis in the U-S farming sector. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The farm crisis is truly an emergency, and calls for emergency measures. The farm belt has been hit by one of the worst droughts in a century, and an economic tidal wave caused by collapsing global prices and an Asian recession.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Representative Richard Gephardt, Democrat, Missouri.\u003cbr/\u003eThat was a view echoed by the Clinton administration's top official on the matter, U-S Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman.\u003cbr/\u003eHe was also on Capitol Hill Tuesday, urging lawmakers to endorse emergency funding for farmers battered by drought and low prices.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd he was backing that plea with his own first-hand tour of West Virginia and Maryland farmlands the day before.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"People hit by the, in many parts of those areas, the most devastating drought since 1930-31. This is the third year of low moisture, summer and winter moisture in this part of the country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dan Glickman, Secretary, US Department of Agriculture\u003cbr/\u003eGlickman says the Government will offer low interest loans for farmers in the six eastern states hit hardest.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite growing political pressure, Republicans are countering with a smaller aid plan of over six billion (b) U-S dollars.  \u003cbr/\u003eBut Glickman says that won't be enough for farmers like those he talked to this week in Maryland and West Virginia, even if there is normal rainfall for the rest of the year.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"My visit to these two states in the mid-Atlantic region  showed me that there are thousands of very vulnerable small and medium sized farmers, even in this region of the country, who probably cannot survive without some additional assistance.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dan Glickman, Secretary, US Department of Agriculture \u003cbr/\u003eIt may be difficult to convince some tax-cut minded Republicans to boost agricultural spending beyond their own plan, even with this week's media interest driven by drought concerns. \u003cbr/\u003eRepublicans and Democrats will try to hammer out a compromise farm aid deal before they take their regular summer break this month.\u003cbr/\u003ePotomac, Maryland, Washington, D.C. - August 3, 1999.\u003cbr/\u003eWest Virginia, August 2, 1999 \u003cbr/\u003ePotomac, Maryland, August 3, 1999 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide view of sunlit sky, tilt down to wide view of Potomac River. \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close view of river stream and rocks.\u003cbr/\u003eWest Virginia, August 2, 1999 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide view of corn field.\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close view of dying corn plant. \u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, August 3, 1999 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide view of U.S. Vice President Albert Gore and Congressional\u003cbr/\u003e    Democrats at farm aid press conference.\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium view of photographers.\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Albert Gore, U.S. Vice President.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium view of audience.\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Representative Richard Gephardt,\u003cbr/\u003e    Democrat, Missouri.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, August 3, 1999 - US Pool\u003cbr/\u003e10. Medium view of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman speaking\u003cbr/\u003e      at Senate hearing on farm aid. \u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide view of hearing.\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dan Glickman, Secretary, U.S. Department\u003cbr/\u003e      of Agriculture.\u003cbr/\u003e(02 August 1999,   West Virginia, APTN)\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close view of Glickman holding an ear of shriveled up corn. \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close view of Glickman speaking with West Virginia farmers.\u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium view of drying corn field. \u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, August 3, 1999 - US Pool\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dan Glickman, Secretary, U.S. Department\u003cbr/\u003e      of Agriculture.\u003cbr/\u003eWest Virginia, August 2, 1999 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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