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USDA Designates 14 Idaho Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas (Oregon Contiguous Counties Baker and Wallowa)

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.

Impacted Area: Idaho

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible:

Adams

Bonneville

Gem

Lincoln

Bannock

Butte

Kootenai

Nez Perce

Benewah

Camas

Latah

Oneida

Boise

Franklin

 

 

 Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Idaho:

Ada

Clark

Lemhi

Power

Bear Lake

Clearwater

Lewis

Shoshone

Bingham

Custer

Madison

Teton

Blaine

Elmore

Minidoka

Valley

Bonner

Gooding

Payette

Washington

Canyon

Idaho

 

 

Caribou

Jefferson

 

 

Cassia

Jerome

 

 

 Oregon: Baker and Wallowa

Utah: Box Elder, Cache and Rich

Washington: Asotin, Spokane and Whitman

Wyoming: Lincoln and Teton

More Resources

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

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