27 April 2014 (01:59 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Jumada t-Tania 1435/07 Ordibehesht 1393/28 Wu-Chen 4712

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared six large Idaho counties (counties out here are much larger than those pathetically small counties east of the Rockies) Primary Natural Disaster Areas (PNDA).

The designation is the result of more than 13 years of drought affecting non-irrigated Idaho farms.  The counties now officially PNDA are Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Elmore, Owyhee and Twin Falls.

But wait, there’s more!  Nine other Idaho counties are on the verge of being declared PNDA: Ada, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Custer, Minidoka and Oneida.

Apparently there are 4.6-million hectares (11.5-million acres) of farmland in Idaho, and I checked real estate listings and found many are up for sale.

Hope you city folk like your dwindling food supplies on the expensive side.