Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to issue a disaster declaration for areas of Illinois’ 17th Congressional District.

Bustos is asking Perdue to issue a Secretarial disaster declaration for growers to be eligible for disaster assistance, increase prevent plant crop insurance coverage guarantee and to push back the premium payment date for crop insurance to December 1. 

She says farmers also continue to face uncertainty due to ongoing trade disputes.