The exceptional rainfall of last May and June resulted in considerable damage to farmland in Alabama. It led to 25 impacted Alabama counties being declared by The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as primary natural disaster areas. Walker was the only West Central Alabama county on the initial list. Now 14 additional counties have been listed as contiguous disaster areas due to their proximity to the other counties.
Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Lamar counties have been added to the farm disaster declaration list.
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In a press release, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Rick Pate stated, “The rain during this year’s planting season impacted more than half of Alabama’s counties, leading to planting delays or preventing it altogether.
“We recognize the hardship our farmers have faced with the late spring flooding and now the current drought,” Commissioner Pate said. “We encourage them to reach out to their local USDA officers to explore available funding…