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 22 Nebraska 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: Nebraska

Triggering Disaster: Drought

 

Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible:   Burt                                    Dixon                                     Kearney                             Stanton

Cherry                                 Garden                                   Kimball                              Thomas

Cheyenne                            Hall                                        Logan                                Thurston

Colfax                                 Hamilton                                Morrill                                Wayne

Cuming                               Harlan                                    Phelps                                York

Dakota                                Hooker                              

 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Nebraska:                         

Adams                                Butler                   Fillmore                 Keya Paha             Polk

Arthur                                 Cedar                   Franklin                 Lincoln                  Saline

Banner                                Clay                     Furnas                   McPherson            Scotts Bluff

Blaine                                 Custer                  Gosper                   Madison                Seward

Box Butte                           Dawson               Grant                     Merrick                  Sheridan

Brown                                 Deuel                   Howard                 Pierce                    Washington

Buffalo                               Dodge                  Keith                     Platte                     Webster

Colorado: Logan, Sedgwick and Weld

Iowa: Harrison, Monona and Woodbury Kansas: Norton and Phillips South Dakota: Bennett, Clay, Oglala Lakota, Todd, Tripp and Union

Wyoming: Laramie

                                                                                                                         More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery ToolDisaster 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.

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