Thursday, September 23, 2010
Additional KY Counties Added To Drought List
KENTUCKY...
Gov. Steve Beshear has requested additional counties be included in a request for disaster assistance from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, as a result of drought conditions that began Aug. 1.
“The expanding drought conditions continue to severely impact our agriculture sector,” stated Gov. Steve Beshear in a letter to Secretary Vilsack. “The impacts of this drought will be felt in other sectors as reduced yields in grain crops and damage to pastures that have not recovered from previous droughts are realized.”
On Sept. 7, Gov. Beshear requested disaster assistance for 35 counties in western Kentucky. Today, the Governor requested the following 20 counties be added to that request:
Anderson,Butler, Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Kenton, Nicholas, Oldham, Pendleton, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble and Woodford.
The dry conditions, coupled with extremely high temperatures, have resulted in the early harvest of corn, the early use of hay to feed livestock and livestock producers having to seek alternate water sources, as well as other impacts that affect net farm income and the state’s economy as a whole.
Information about USDA Disaster Assistance Programs is available at www.fsa.usda.gov by clicking on the Disaster Assistance Program link in the left-hand column.
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