Nixon asks for crop assessment due to drought

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Jay Nixon today asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) to conduct damage assessment reports for all 114 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis to determine the extent of damage to crops and livestock because of the excessive heat and severe drought conditions persisting throughout the state. The Governor and his administration have been monitoring drought conditions across the state throughout the spring, and will continue to do so this summer.

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