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USDA names more Illinois counties as disaster areas

Another 63 Illinois counties were added as Primary Natural Disaster Areas.
Compiled by staff 
Published: Aug 1, 2012
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new drought designations today, including declaring 63 more Illinois counties as primary natural disaster areas.  The counties added include:

Adams  Bond  Boone  
Brown   Calhoun  Carroll
Cass  Champaign  Christian
Clark  Clay  Clinton
Coles  Cumberland  DeWitt
Douglas   Edgar  Effingham
Fayette   Ford  Fulton
Greene   Hancock  Henderson
Iroquois   Jasper  Jefferson
Jersey   JoDaviess  LaSalle
Lee   Livingston  Logan
Macon   Macoupin  Madison
Marion   Marshall  Mason
McDonough   McLean  Menard
Monroe   Montgomery  Morgan
Moultrie   Ogle  Peoria
Perry   Piatt  Randolph
Rock Island   Sangamon  Schuyler
Scott  Shelby  St. Clair
Stephenson  Tazewell  Vermilion
Warren   Washington  Wayne
Whiteside  Winnebago  Woodford


Emergency Haying and Grazing 

Vilsack today announced that livestock producers and other participants in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will now be able to hay and graze acres that have been ineligible in the past. Many of these additional acres have wetland-related characteristics and are likely to contain better quality hay and forage than on other CRP acres. There are approximately 3.8 million acres that will now be eligible for emergency haying and grazing, subject to certain conditions. Producers should contact their local Farm Service Agency offices for additional information.

Federal Crop Insurance

Vilsack also announced that crop insurance companies have agreed to provide a short grace period for farmers on insurance premiums in 2012. To help producers who may have cash flow problems due to natural disasters, Secretary Vilsack sent a letter to crop insurance companies asking them to voluntarily defer the accrual of any interest on unpaid spring crop premiums by producers until November 1, 2012. In turn, to assist the crop insurance companies, USDA will not require crop insurance companies to pay uncollected producer premiums until one month later.


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