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The Secretary of Agriculture Designates 4 Parishes in Louisiana as Natural Disaster Areas pertaining to Production Losses caused by Drought with contiguous counties in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas

A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary parishes and those areas contiguous to such primary parishes eligible to be considered for Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance, provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible areas have 8 months from the date of a Secretarial disaster declaration to apply for emergency loans.

USDA Designates Three Primary Counties, Five Contiguous Counties in Arkansas and Three Contiguous Counties in Oklahoma as 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.