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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky farmer Don Halcomb's hopes for a good wheat harvest were snuffed out by a spring freeze that ruined nearly half his crop.
Now Halcomb and other farmers can seek low-interest emergency loans to help offset crop losses from early April when temperatures plunged into the upper teens to low 20s.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified Kentucky officials Wednesday that farmers across the state can apply for the assistance. The USDA determined that 118 of the state's 120 counties suffered enough production losses to warrant a disaster declaration by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns; the other two counties are eligible as adjacent counties.
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