WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated six counties in Colorado as primary natural disaster areas. Fremont County has been designated due to frost and freezing temperatures that occurred during the period of October 8, through October 11, 2009. Dolores, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, and San Miguel counties have been designated due to drought that occurred from April 15, 2009, and is continuing.
"President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe damage to the area and serious harm to farms in Colorado and we want to help," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "This action will provide help to hundreds of farmers who suffered significant production losses to a wide variety of crops, including dry beans, safflower, sunflowers, forage, pasture, and grasses, as well as specialty crops such as apples."
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Colorado also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:
Chaffee | Custer | Delta | El Paso |
|---|---|---|---|
Garfield | Gunnison | La Plata | Ouray |
Park | Pitkin | Pueblo | Saguache |
San Juan | Teller |
Farm operators in the counties listed below in the adjacent states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.
Arizona: Apache
New Mexico: San Juan
Utah: Grand, San Juan
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