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Brownback tours drought struck southwest Kansas
Kansas Governor Brownback tours drought hit southwest Kansas visiting the 57th 31 Show at Finney County Fairgrounds and seeking a USDA drought disaster declaration for 21 counties including Finney Gove Grant Greeley Hamilton Haskell Kearny Lane Logan Meade Morton Ness Scott Seward Sheridan Sherman Stanton Stevens Thomas Wallace and Wichita. He toured farms near Garden City Sublette and Meade meeting emergency responders and farmers while weighing CRP haying options and state drought responses as 45 percent of Kansas remains under drought with extreme drought in the southwest.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Brownback
USDA
Finney, Gove
Grant
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Lane
Logan
Meade
Morton
Ness
Scott
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Stanton
Stevens
Thomas
Wallace
Wichita
US Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Usda Farm Service Agency
Garden City
Dick Strandmark
Country Road
Strandmark
Sublette
Gray
Finney County
Clifford Mayo
Mayo
Associated Press Pool
U.S. Drought Monitor