Drought loan assistance available

DAVENPORT — While Adams county has not been designated as a natural disaster due to drought this year, some local farmers may still be eligible for emergency loan assistance from the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Six counties — Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan and Skagit — were designated as primary natural disaster areas due to drought this year.

Farmers in those counties — and contiguous counties — may be eligible for assistance.

That means farmers in Adams, Franklin and Lincoln Counties may be eligible for emergency loan assistance from the Farm Service Agency.

Emergency loans can be...