More Parishes Declared Disaster Areas

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has notified Governor Jon Bell Edwards several more parishes in Louisiana have been declared disaster areas due to the ongoing drought.

A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary areas and those in parishes and counties contiguous to such primary areas eligible to be considered for Farm Service Agency emergency loan assistance, provided eligibility requirements are met.

The primary parishes are Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, East Carroll, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Webster and West Carroll.

The contiguous parishes are Caddo, Franklin, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, union and Winn.

And several contiguous counties In Arkansas: Ashley, Chicot,
Columbia, Lafayette, Miller and Union.

Plus two contiguous counties in Mississippi, Issaquena and Warren.