USDA Designates More Ag Disasters

WASHINGTON - Sep 15/04 - SNS -- The USDA designated additional counties in California, Texas and Utah as primary agricultural disaster areas.

Contra and Merced Counties in California are designated as primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by drought that occurred from March 1, 2004, through April 30, 2004.

Also eligible because they are contiguous counties in California are Alameda, Fresno, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties.

Brazos, Burleson and Robertson Counties in Texas are designated as primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by rain, flooding, high winds and a tornado that occurred on May 13, 2004.

Also eligible because they are contiguous counties in Texas are Falls, Grimes, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam and Washington Counties.

The following 20 Utah counties are declared as primary agricultural disaster areas caused by drought, insects, and wind that occurred from Jan. 1, 2004, and continuing:

Box Elder Garfield  Kane      Salt Lake Summit
Cache     Grand     Millard   San Juan  Tooele
Carbon    Iron      Piute     Sanpete   Washington
Emery     Juab      Rich      Sevier    Wayne

Also eligible because they are contiguous counties in Texas are Beaver, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch and Weber Counties.