U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack has designated 17 Mississippi counties, including Tallahatchie, as a primary disaster area for ag producers due to losses suffered as a result of rain, flash flooding and flooding occurring June 1-19.
Producers in Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Holmes, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Quitman, Sunflower,…