Kansas Counties Ag Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON - Sep 16/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 10 counties in Kansas as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).

The following counties were designated as primary disaster areas on Sept. 13, 2005, due to losses caused by freeze and drought conditions accompanied by excessive heat and high winds that occurred on Jan., 1, 2005 and continuing.

Ellsworth    Geary    Gove    Greeley
Jewell       Osage    Riley    Russell
Trego        Wabaunsee

Counties eligible because they are contiguous to those listed above include:

Barton       Clay        Cloud       Coffey
Dickinson    Ellis       Franklin    Graham
Lane         Hamilton    Lincoln     Logan
Lyon         Marshall    McPherson   Mitchell
Morris       Ness        Osborne     Pottawatomie
Republic     Rice        Rooks       Rush
Saline       Scott       Shawnee     Sheridan
Smith        Thomas      Wichita     Washington
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