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Salazar urges additional measures to help drought-affected farmersColorado Recently, in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer, Sen. Ken Salazar urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide disaster designations for twenty-two counties in central and eastern Colorado, where severe drought and late spring freezes have devastated native pastures and crop yields. "The continuing drought in many parts of Colorado is taking a rising toll on farmers and ranchers," said Sen. Salazar. "I have joined Governor Ritter in urging the USDA to announce a Secretarial Disaster Designation for these counties and to give our farmers and ranchers more tools to get through the drought. With many operations at risk, our producers are in need of assistance." This year, precipitation is 81 percent below normal levels in some parts of southeastern Colorado. In an effort to provide relief for producers in the region, Senator Salazar urged USDA to make acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program available for emergency haying and grazing, a request that was approved on July 11, 2008. A Secretarial Disaster Designation would complement this decision by making producers eligible for emergency loans and other agriculture assistance programs available to eligible producers. Sen. Salazar requested disaster designations for the following counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Huerfano, Kit, Carson, Kiowa, Las Animas, Logan, Otero, Park, Prowers, Pueblo, Teller, Washington, Delta and Fremont. 8/4/08 Date: 7/30/08 Advertisement
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