BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Jack Dalrymple today sent a letter to Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Director Aaron Krauter requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) begin a statewide assessment of crop damages and production losses due to drought, hail, flooding and other weather-related events.
Dalrymple’s request for FSA to prepare a damage assessment report is the first step in seeking a secretarial disaster declaration which would make supplemental disaster assistance and other USDA programs available to help farmers and ranchers manage production losses.