Contact: Kelli Liegel 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated Walworth County as a primary disaster area and Jefferson and Waukesha Counties as contiguous disaster areas due to losses caused by freezing that occurred from May 5 through May 30, 2021. A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary and contiguous counties eligible to be considered for certain assistance from FSA, provided eligibility requirements are met. “I’m encouraged to see USDA appropriately designate Jefferson, Waukesha, and Walworth Counties as primary and contiguous disaster areas. Farm operators in Wisconsin are no strangers to cold weather and the