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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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