U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has designated 23 Mississippi counties as a primary natural disaster area due to drought beginning Dec. 1, 2021.
Producers in Adams, Amite, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leflore, Pike, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson and…