Clark Weaver is with the USDA's Farm Service Agency in Georgia. He says they will be determining eligibility based on what was in the ground at the time.
"The wheat crop was affected, and then of course you've got to look at tobacco. It was adversely affected and you've got multitudes of vegetable crops, anything from watermelon to cantaloupe. Those kinds of crops were affected too with just too much rain."
Weaver says two of the state's largest crops, cotton and peanuts, are not expected to suffer any major losses. The disaster declaration comes in response to Governor Sonny Perdue's request for federal help for farmers.
