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USDA Designates 17 Maryland Counties as Natural Disaster Areas - 7 Contiguous Pennsylvania Counties Also Eligible for Assistance

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.

FEMA Designates 17 KY Counties as a Natural Disaster Area Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides that occurred February 14 and continuing – Lawrence and Scioto Counties in Ohio is Eligible as Contiguous Counties

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. 

FEMA Designates 9 Kentucky Counties as a Natural Disaster Area Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides that occurred February 14 and continuing – Lawrence County in Ohio is Eligible as Contiguous County

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. 

FEMA Designates 7 West Virginia Counties as a Natural Disaster Area Due to Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides that occurred February 15 to February 18, 2025 – Lawrence County in Ohio is Eligible as Contiguous County

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. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 2 Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

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

Loan Deficiency Payments Now Available for Cotton Producers in ALABAMA

MONTGOMERY, AL, March 13, 2025 – Cotton producers in ALABAMA may be eligible for Loan Deficiency Payments, (LDP) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). LDPs are payments made to producers who, although eligible to obtain a Marketing Assistance Loan, agree to forgo the loan in return for a payment on the eligible commodity. The deadline to apply for an LDP on 2024 crop-year cotton is May 31, 2025.