04/02/2025
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate announced that USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins has designated 20 Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. Eighteen additional counties were listed as contiguous disaster counties.
“The drought affected over half of the counties in Alabama,” said Commissioner Pate. “We encourage farmers to reach out to their local USDA offices for details about available funding.”
The 20 primary Alabama counties included in the disaster designation are Autauga, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Morgan, Perry, Sumter, Washington, Wilcox and Winston. There are 18 contiguous counties including Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Colbert, Coosa, Crenshaw, Cullman, Elmore, Jackson, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pickens, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker. For a total of 38 counties in Alabama.
For more information or to verify eligibility visit, https://agi.alabama.gov/2025/04/usda-designates-20-alabama-counties-as-primary-natural-disaster-areas/