Gov't to compensate farmers for losses due to foot-and-mouth disease - The Mainichi Daily NewsGov't to compensate farmers for losses due to foot-and-mouth disease TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The farm ministry on Friday unveiled the government's additional measures over the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture to compensate farmers for slaughtered cows and pigs at market values, rather than uniform rates as initially planned. The government will also shoulder the cost of feed for the
