Article: USDA DESIGNATES TWO CALIFORNIA COUNTIES AS PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency has issued the following press release:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated two counties in California as primary natural disaster areas.

Sonoma County, Calif., was designated as a primary natural disaster area because of losses caused by a freeze that occurred from April 16, 2008, through April 24, 2008. Farm operators in Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa and Solano counties in California also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous.

San Luis Obispo County, Calif., was designated as a primary natural disaster area because of losses caused by extremely high temperatures that occurred from June ...

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