USDA Designates Custer County
and Other Counties in Colorado as Primary Natural Disaster
Areas Due to Drought

Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC
— March 29, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Bent, Custer, Huerfano and Prowers Counties in Colorado as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought.
Farmers and ranchers in the following contiguous counties in Colorado also qualify for natural disaster assistance. Those counties are: Alamosa, Baca, Costilla, Fremont, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo and Saguache.
Farmers and ranchers in the contiguous counties of Greeley, Hamilton and Stanton in Kansas also qualify for natural disaster assistance. Continue reading USDA Designates Custer County Primary Natural Disaster Area →