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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an Ag disaster in 31 North Dakota counties for major crop losses.

Governor Dalrymple says farms in those and another 15 counties are also eligible for supplemental disaster help and other federal programs. Due to heavy snow, flooding, frost and freeze damage, farmers have been kept from planting more than 4 million acres this year.

Counties included in the Ag disaster are Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Cavalier, Divide, Emmons, Grand Forks, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Renville, Rolette, Sioux, Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward and Wells.

Help is also available for farmers in Adams, Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Dunn, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Hettinger, LaMoure, McKenzie, Sheridan, Stark, Steele and Williams counties.