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USDA Designates 14 Minnesota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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, 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.

Impacted Area: Minnesota

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: March 28, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible:

Crow Wing	Koochiching	Norman	Roseau
Douglas	Lake of the Woods	Otter Tail	St. Louis
Grant	Mahnomen	Pope	Stevens
Itasca	Morrison

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Minnesota:

Aitkin	Cass	Lake	Swift
Becker	Clay	Marshall	Todd
Beltrami	Clearwater	Mille Lacs	Traverse
Benton	Kandiyohi	Polk	Wadena
Big Stone	Kittson	Stearns	Wilkin
Carlton

North Dakota: Cass and Traill

Wisconsin: Douglas

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster-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.