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Indiana Governor Holcomb requests disaster declaration for 88 counties

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb says the state of Indiana is requesting a U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretarial disaster declaration for 88 counties.

He says excessive rains and saturated fields across Indiana are hurting crops and farmers. Holcomb says he will continue to monitor the situation.

The request was made today in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and was signed by Holcomb, Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, and Indiana Farm Service Agency Executive Director Steven Brown.

The designation would allow emergency low-interest loans to be made available to farmers. 

The counties include: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Noble, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Porter, Posey, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Saint Joseph, Scott, Spencer, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells, White, and Whitley.