Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined with Governor Kate Brown to ask the U.S. Agriculture Department to allow emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program land in Gilliam County, and extend the emergency haying and grazing period in Wasco, Sherman and Wheeler counties.  In a letter this week to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, the trio asked federal officials to help north central Oregon farmers and ranchers continue their wildfire recovery efforts by allowing them increased opportunities for emergency haying and grazing.  They told Perdue the loss of grazing land in particular presents an ongoing concern for producers in the area.  They asked for an extension from the September 30 authorization to February 28, 2019.