{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear's office announced Monday that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had added 68 more counties to the list of those classified as primary disaster areas because of the drought that has persisted in many places since last spring. All but four Kentucky counties, Bell, Harlan, Leslie and Perry, have been designated as primary or contiguous drought disaster areas. The federal designation makes farm operators eligible for assistance.
