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Tippecanoe, other counties part of federal disaster declaration

U.S. Drought Monitor

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is designating more Indiana counties a disaster area due to the ongoing drought.

The additional 14 counties are: Blackford, Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Henry, Madison, Montgomery, Rush, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vermillion, Vigo and White.

Farmers and ranchers in each of those counties, and ones contiguous to them, are available for federal disaster assistance, such as low-interest loans.

Every Indiana county has some form of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, with conditions considered “extreme” in slightly more than half the state.

The latest progress report from the U.S.D.A. shows 71% of Indiana’s corn crop and 53% of soybeans are rated “poor” or “very poor.”