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USDA designates counties in Texas as Primary Natural Disaster Areas with assistance to producers in surrounding counties, states

Source: USDA FSA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River and Titus counties in Texas as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the Camp, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Marion and Upshur counties in Texas also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. Those counties are:
Arkansas: Little River and Miller
Louisiana: Caddo
Oklahoma: Choctaw and McCurtain
All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas on Nov. 23, 2016, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.
Other FSA programs that can provide assistance, but do not require a disaster declaration, include the Emergency Conservation Program; Livestock Forage Disaster Program; Livestock Indemnity Program; Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program; and the Tree Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs.
Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
November 29, 2016

Categories: General

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