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