Drought Prompting Disaster Declarations

Associated Press - Thu 08:28 AM 07/12/2012

Producers eligible for federal disaster assistance for lost crops and livestock

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will declare 82 Kansas counties hit hard by drought as federal disaster areas.

Governor Sam Brownback's office says the disaster designation, effective Thursday, makes agricultural producers eligible for

federal disaster assistance for lost crops and livestock.

Primary disasters are being declared in 66 Kansas counties, and 16 neighboring counties will also receive disaster designations.

Kansas Disaster Designations:

Primary Counties:

Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chautquaua, Cheyenne, Clark, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Edwards, Elk, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Linn, Logan, Lyon, McPherson, Meade, Montgomery, Morton, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Rooks, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Wichita, Wilson and Woodson

Contiguous Counties:

Chase, Cherokee, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Franklin, Marion, Morris, Miami, Osage, Osborne, Rush, Russell, Saline, Smith and Wabaunsee

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