MADISON — Many people in the southwest area of the Diocese of Madison, including Grant and Lafayette Counties, suffered extensive property and crop damage in the recent severe storms with strong winds and hail.
Tom Nelson, rural life coordinator with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Madison, will be making visits to Grant and Lafayette Counties to tour the areas affected by the storms. “The storm damage has impacted many farmers,” said Nelson.
In Lafayette County an estimated 20,000 acres of corn sustained hail and wind damage on July 24, while about 10,000 acres of soybeans were damaged.