Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Virginia as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Winter Storms and Flooding with Assistance Available for Five Contiguous Counties in Tennessee
This Presidential disaster declaration 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 to refinance certain debts.