HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has included four Michigan counties in its latest list of primary natural disaster areas due to heat- and drought-related crop damage and losses.
Wednesday’s announcement that Branch, Cass, Hillsdale and St. Joseph counties are included makes farmers eligible to seek low-interest loans. And Berrien, Calhoun, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lenawee and Van Buren are considered contiguous natural disaster areas, so they’re also eligible.
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