Skip to main content

USDA Designates Seven Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Emergency Designation
|
Release Date
November 09, 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.

Impacted Area: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Excessive moisture that occurred between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2021.

Application Deadline: July 5, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible: Calhoun, Colorado, Delta, Falls, Floyd, Hopkins and Victoria

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: 

AransasFanninLamarMatagordaRefugio
AustinFayetteLavacaMilamRobertson
BellFranklinLimestoneMotleySwisher
BriscoeGoliadLubbockRainsWharton
CrosbyHaleMcLennanRed RiverWood
DeWittHunt
DickensJackson

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.

Farm Service Agency:

1400 Independence Ave. 
SW Washington, DC 20250 
 

Contact:

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