Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has announced that Hoosier farmers in all 92 counties are eligible for assistance under a secretarial natural disaster designation.
Governor Holcomb sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue in July requesting assistance due to the excessive rain and flooding farmers experienced during the planting season. Seventy-four counties were designated as primary natural disaster areas and the USDA deferred its decision on the remaining 18 counties. However, since they border one or more of the primary disaster areas, they are also eligible for the same assistance.
Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture, Lt.
