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Monday, October 18, 2021
USDA Designates Eight Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
USDA has designated eight Oklahoma Counties as primary natural disaster areas. This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional. Primary Counties Eligible include: Creek, Hughes, Noble, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and Tulsa.

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible include:

Coal, Garfield, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Muskogee, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Seminole, Wagoner and Washington- all in Oklahoma.

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The Road to Rural Prosperity will dive into these stories each week, bringing you insight into the great things happening in and to rural Oklahoma. We will bring you stories covering rural life, agriculture, energy, healthcare, tourism, and politics affecting rural America. 

The Road to Rural Prosperity is here to tell stories about rural America, for rural America.

As we continue along the Road to Rural Prosperity- In our latest Ag Perspective Podcast, KC Sheperd talks with the leading animal behavior authority in the world, Dr. Temple Grandin. KC and Dr. Grandin talk about the concept of Sustainability and the proper handling of beef cattle, how to treat your cattle the right way, the concept of Stockmanship, how to get an animal ready for the show ring and the amazing memory that cattle have- and how understanding that memory can help you lessen the stress on your cattle and yourself as you work with beef or dairy animals.

Dr. Grandin has been honored by Universities and Organizations around the world- including in 2010 when Oklahoma State University created an endowed professorship in animal behavior in honor of Temple Grandin.



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