The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has named 1,000 counties in 26 states as natural-disaster areas after drought conditions swept through most of the Midwest this spring and summer. With 1,016 counties under natural-disaster nearly one-third of the countries farmers are now eligible for low-interest loans meant to help them weather the lack of [...]
USDA Declares Biggest Disaster In Agency’s History As Crops Dwindle is a post from: The Inquisitr