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FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013 file aerial photo shows dead cattle in Sulphur Creek in western South Dakota during a flyover of areas hard hit by a snowstorm that killed thousands of animals. About one-third of the initial applications made to a federal aid program for disaster-stricken ranchers have come from the Dakotas, and most of the money given out so far has gone to South Dakota producers. South Dakota ranchers lost an estimated 43,000 cattle and other livestock in the October blizzard that struck early and with surprising ferocity. The Livestock Indemnity Program authorized by the new federal farm bill started taking applications April 15. (AP Photo/KOTA-TV, Pool, File)
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Lightning crosses the sky above trees in Lawrence, Kan., Thursday, May 8, 2014. The area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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FILE - In this April 24, 2014, file photo,, Katie Spring rolls up plastic that was used to cover certain plants during the winter in a field at the Good Heart Farmstead in Worcester, Vt. Spring and her husband Edge Fuentes, who both own the farm, back the GMO labeling bill passed by the Vermont legislature. Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled, so the state of Vermont has moved forward on its own. On May 8, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed legislation making the state the first to require labeling of GMOs _ technically genetically modified organisms. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
