U-S Agriculture Department names 22 counties disaster areas

ATLANTA - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman declared 22 Georgia counties agricultural disaster areas Tuesday, making them eligible for emergency federal farm loans. <br> <br> Veneman said unusual weather circumstances -- particularly severe freezing last winter -- had caused tremendous crop losses for farmers. <br> <br> The counties named disaster areas were Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Laurens, Liberty, Long, Montgomery, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne and Wheeler. <br> <br> Veneman also issued the designation for 33 counties in New Mexico and six in Wyoming.

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