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USDA Declares Disaster for 74 Oklahoma Counties

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for 74 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Gov. Mary Fallin said the secretarial disaster declaration was issued on Wednesday in response to her June 10 request to help farmers hit by …

Arkansas Farm Bureau Pegs Growers Flood Impact at $500M

The Arkansas Farm Bureau says more than 1 million acres of farmland in the state have been swamped by flooding over the past few weeks, and the economic impact will be greater than $500 million. The Farm Bureau, which lobbies …