This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

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USDA Designates 174 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.

Impacted Area: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Dec. 8, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible:

AndersonDallamHudspethNacogdoches
AndrewsDallasHuntNavarro
AngelinaDawsonHutchinsonNolan
ArcherDeaf SmithIrionOchiltree
ArmstrongDeltaJeff DavisOldham
AtascosaDentonJeffersonOrange
BaileyDickensJim HoggPalo Pinto
BanderaDimmitJim WellsPanola
BaylorDonleyJohnsonParker
BeeDuvalJonesParmer
BellEastlandKarnesPecos
BexarEctorKaufmanPotter
BlancoEdwardsKendallPresidio
BordenEllisKentRains
BosqueErathKerrRandall
BowieFanninKimbleReagan
BrewsterFisherKingReal
BriscoeFloydKinneyRed River
BrooksFoardKnoxReeves
BrownFranklinLamarRoberts
BurnetFrioLambRockwall
CallahanGainesLampasasRunnels
CampGarzaLa SalleRusk
CarsonGillespieLipscombSan Augustine
CassGlasscockLive OakSan Saba
CastroGrayLlanoSchleicher
CherokeeGraysonLovingScurry
ChildressGreggLubbockShackelford
ClayHaleLynnShelby
CochranHallMcCullochSherman
CokeHamiltonMcLennanSmith
ColemanHansfordMcMullenSomervell
CollinHardemanMarionStarr
CollingsworthHarrisonMartinStephens
ComalHartleyMasonSterling
ComancheHaskellMaverickStonewall
ConchoHemphillMedinaSutton
CookeHendersonMidlandSwisher
CoryellHillMillsTarrant
CottleHockleyMitchellTaylor
CraneHoodMontagueTerrell
CrockettHopkinsMooreTerry
CrosbyHoustonMorris
CulbersonHowardMotley

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Texas:

ChambersJackNuecesUpshurWilbarger
DeWittJasperPolkUptonWilliamson
El PasoKenedyRefugioUvaldeWilson
FallsKlebergSabineVal VerdeWinkler
FreestoneLeonSan PatricioVan ZandtWise
GoliadLibertyThrockmortonWalkerWood
GonzalesLimestoneTitusWardYoakum
GuadalupeMadisonTom GreenWebbYoung
HardinMenardTravisWheelerZapata
HaysMilamTrinityWichitaZavala
HidalgoNewtonTyler

Arkansas: Little River, Miller
Louisiana: Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, De Soto, Sabine
New Mexico: Curry, Eddy, Lea, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union
Oklahoma: Beaver, Beckham, Bryan, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cotton, Ellis, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, McCurtain, Marshall, Roger Mills, Texas

More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.

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  • USDA Designates 92 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

    This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

  • USDA Designates 27 Tennessee Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

    This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

  • USDA Designates Licking County, Ohio as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

    This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.

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