Pawlenty asks for drought assessment of Minnesota farms
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency to begin a formal assessment of drought damage to Minnesota’s farmland as a first step toward a possible disaster declaration. The governor and state agriculture officials will work with FSA offices in the state to review the county-by-county damage assessments and prepare a formal disaster declaration request if …
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