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LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE GRANT DEADLINE TODAY
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Applications for the USDA Livestock Assistance Program must be postmarked today, according to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. Applications should be sent to: Dana Wallace, Department of Agriculture and Industries, P.O. Box 3336, Montgomery, AL 36109. Due to the high number of possible applicants, it may take up to 90 days for processing. Farmers and producers who owned mature livestock located in the 31 counties specified by the USDA between March 7 and August 31 are encouraged to apply. Those counties are: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa, Washington and Wilcox. Applications are still available online at www.AlfaFarmers.org and at the Department of Agriculture and Industries' website at www.agi.alabama.gov, at all ALFA Service Centers, Farm Service Agency offices, Natural Resources Conservation Service offices, County Agent and Extension Service offices, and stockyards. For additional information on or assistance with the USDA's Livestock Assistance Program, call (334) 240-3729 -- if there is no answer, leave a message and the call will be returned.
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