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USDA Designates 27 Tennessee Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Emergency Designation
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Release Date
February 09, 2023

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.

Impacted Area: Tennessee

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Oct. 2, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible:

CheathamGrundyLincoln
CoffeeHamblenMadison
CrockettHardemanMaury
DecaturHardinMontgomery
DicksonHendersonObion
FayetteHickmanPerry
Franklin LakeShelby
Giles Lawrence Tipton
Grainger  LewisWayne

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Tennessee:

BedfordHancockMarshall
BentonHawkinsMoore
CannonHaywoodRobertson
CarrollHoustonRutherford
ChesterHumphreysSequatchie
ClaiborneJeffersonStewart
CockeKnox Union
Davidson LauderdaleWarren
DyerMcNairyWeakley
Gibson Marion Williamson
Greene 

Alabama: Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone and Madison

Arkansas: Crittenden and Mississippi

Kentucky: Christian, Fulton, Hickman and Todd

Mississippi: Alcorn, Benton DeSoto, Marshall, Tippah and Tishomingo

Missouri: New Madrid and Pemiscot

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery ToolDisaster 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.

Farm Service Agency:

1400 Independence Ave. 
SW Washington, DC 20250 
 

Contact:

FPAC Press Desk
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov