Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Agriculture Disaster Assistance Sought
KENTUCKY...
On behalf of Kentucky’s farm families, Governor Steve Beshear has requested disaster assistance from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, as a result of drought conditions that began August 1st.
“The current drought conditions have critically impacted our agriculture sector,” stated Beshear in a letter to Secretary Vilsack. “Impacts include early harvest of corn, substantially reduced yields of all crops, loss of pasture for grazing and loss of water supplies for livestock.”
Beshear is requesting disaster assistance for 35 counties, most of them in western Kentucky.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:43 PM 
