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

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USDA Designates 45 North Dakota 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: North Dakota

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Jan. 26, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible

Adams                 Dunn                           Kidder                  Oliver                   Stark

Benson                 Eddy                           Logan                   Pembina               Steele

Billings                 Emmons                      McHenry                Pierce                  Stutsman

Bottineau              Foster                         McKenzie               Ramsey                Towner

Bowman                Golden Valley              McLean                 Renville                 Traill

Burke                    Grand Forks                Mercer                  Rolette                  Walsh

Burleigh                 Grant                         Morton                  Sheridan               Ward

Cavalier                  Griggs                        Mountrail              Sioux                    Wells

Divide                     Hettinger                    Nelson                 Slope                    Williams

 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

North Dakota: Barnes, Cass, LaMoure and McIntosh

Minnesota: Kittson, Marshall, Norman and Polk

Montana: Fallon, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Wibaux

South Dakota: Campbell, Corson, Harding and Perkins

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