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Article: USDA DESIGNATES TWO CALIFORNIA COUNTIES AS PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 11, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency has issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated two California counties as primary natural disaster areas.
Alpine County, Calif., was designated a primary disaster area because of losses caused by drought that occurred from Jan. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2007. Farm operators in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono and Tuolumne counties in California also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous.
In addition, farm operators in Douglas County in the adjacent state of Nevada also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their county is contiguous.
Glenn County, ...