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USDA Designates Seven Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Emergency Designation
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Release Date
May 11, 2021

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 (see http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/), 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.

State: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Dec. 20, 2021

Primary Counties Eligible:

Fayette
Gonzales

Kent
Lavaca

Parker
Stonewall

Wise

Contiguous Counties also Eligible:

Austin
Bastrop
Caldwell
Colorado
Cooke
Crosby
Denton

DeWitt
Dickens
Fisher
Garza
Guadalupe
Haskell
Hood

Jack
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Karnes

King
Knox
Lee
Montague
Palo Pinto

Scurry
Tarrant
Victoria
Washington
Wilson

For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.

Farm Service Agency:

1400 Independence Ave. 
SW Washington, DC 20250 
 

Contact:

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