AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Farmers are facing what the United States Department of Agriculture is calling a natural disaster. The USDA labeled 25 counties in Alabama Natural Disaster Areas, two of those being Chambers and Russell Counties.

“Being declared a natural disaster for the flooding and the drought is certainly fitting for what we fight with,” said Salem Farmer Garrett Dixon.

A natural disaster is a declaration made by a government official that acknowledges a natural event has caused damage beyond the combined capabilities of state and local governments to respond to effectively. According to Environmental Sciences Professor at Auburn University, Kent Stanford, the Spring, Summer and early Fall was detrimental to farmers in Alabama. The heavy rain and then drought right after caused

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