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For Immediate Release January 17, 2013
Contact: Dan Steinkruger, State Executive Director, at (402) 437-5581 or dan.steinkruger@ne.usda.gov
(LINCOLN, NE) January 17, 2013 - Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Dan Steinkruger, announced 6 counties have been designated as contiguous natural disaster areas due to the ongoing drought affecting Kansas. Those counties are:
Contiguous to Kansas: Gage, Jefferson, Nuckolls, Pawnee, Richardson and Thayer
These counties were declared a Secretarial Disaster on January 16, 2013, based on their adjoining primary disaster areas in the specific state. No county in Nebraska has been declared a primary disaster area as the grazing period has not yet begun in Nebraska. "We anticipate that if drought conditions continue and as we approach the established Nebraska grazing period of May 1 through October 27, a Secretarial Designation will be considered at that time," said Steinkruger.
A current Nebraska map listing the approved counties is available on the Nebraska FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/ne.
In addition to the Emergency (EM) Loan Program, the FSA has other loan programs and disaster assistance programs which can be considered in assisting farmers to recover from their losses. Contact your local FSA Service Center or access additional information about FSA Disaster Assistance and Farm Loan programs at www.fsa.usda.gov.
While this release pertains to the availability of FSA programs, other federal agencies such as FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and SBA (Small Business Administration) may also have assistance to the public. Information is available from these two agencies at the following websites: www.fema.gov and www.sba.gov.
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