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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s North Dakota State Emergency Board reviewed and approved damage assessment reports for 16 North Dakota counties recently. The reports will now be sent on to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to support a potential disaster designation for those counties. The damage assessment process was completed in response to Governor Jack Dalrymple’s request to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for a secretarial disaster designation. The designation, if made by the Secretary, makes low-interest emergency loans ava...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated Burke and Divide counties in northwest North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. The complete list of primary natural disaster areas includes Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Cass, Dickey, Divide, Eddy, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Griggs, Logan, Lamoure, McIntosh, Nelson, Ramsey, Ransom, Sargent, Slope, Stark, Steele, Stutsman, and Traill. In addition, farmers and ranchers in Mountrail, Renville, Ward and Williams...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated Burke and Divide counties in northwest North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. The complete list of primary natural disaster areas includes Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Cass, Dickey, Divide, Eddy, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Griggs, Logan, Lamoure, McIntosh, Nelson, Ramsey, Ransom, Sargent, Slope, Stark, Steele, Stutsman, and Traill. In addition, farmers and ranchers in Mountrail, Renville, Ward and Williams...
North Dakota USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Aaron Krauter today announced that producers can enroll in the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program for 2011 crop year losses beginning Oct. 22, 2012. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, SURE authorizes assistance to farmers and ranchers who suffered crop losses caused by natural disasters occurring through Sept. 30, 2011. “Eligible producers who experienced a 2011 crop loss can contact their local county FSA office to learn more about the SURE program,” said Krauter. “Al...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated an additional four counties in North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. Benson, Billings, Eddy and Ramsey Counties were added to the list of disaster designated counties. The complete list of primary natural disaster areas includes Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Griggs, Logan, Lamoure, McIntosh, Nelson, Ransom, Ramsey, Slope, Steele, Stutsman, and Traill. In addition, farmers...
