HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte announced the USDA has designated 10 counties as natural disaster counties in Montana.
This comes after the governor declared a statewide drought emergency last week and made a request to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
âI appreciate Secretary Vilsack responding to my request and designating additional Montana counties as natural disaster areas, but thereâs more USDA needs to do now to help our ag producers,â the governor said. âWith every region of the state facing severe to extreme drought conditions, I continue to call on USDA to declare the entire state a drought disaster area.â