Kentucky Counties Declared Ag Disasters

WASHINGTON - Oct 27/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated 109 counties in Kentucky as primary natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).

In Kentucky, the following counties were designated as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought that occurred from Feb. 1, 2005, and continuing.

Adair        Carroll      Grayson      Letcher     Montgomery Shelby
Allen        Carter       Green        Lewis       Morgan     Simpson
Anderson     Casey        Greenup      Lincoln     Muhlenberg Spencer
Ballard      Clark        Hancock      Livingston  Nelson     Taylor
Barren       Clinton      Hardin       Logan       Nicholas   Todd
Bath         Crittenden   Harrison     Lyon        Ohio       Trimble
Bell         Cumberland   Hart         Madison     Oldham     Union
Boone        Daviess      Henry        Magoffin    Owen       Warren
Bourbon      Edmonson     Hopkins      Marion      Owsley     Washington
Boyd         Elliott      Jackson      Marshall    Pendleton  Wayne
Boyle        Estill       Jefferson    Martin      Perry      Webster
Bracken      Fayette      Jessamine    Mason       Pike       Whitley
Breckinridge Fleming      Johnson      McCracken   Powell     Wolfe
Bullitt      Floyd        Kenton       McCreary    Pulaski    Woodford
Butler       Franklin     Knott        Meade       Roberts
Caldwell     Gallatin     Larue        Menifee     Rockcastle
Calloway     Garrard      Lawrence     Mercer      Rowan
Campbell     Grant        Lee          Metcalfe    Russell
Carlisle     Graves       Leslie       Monroe      Scott

Also eligible because they are contiguous are:

Breathitt    Clay      Henderson     Knox     McLean
Christian    Harlan
Hickman      Laurel    Trigg