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USDA has designated one Oklahoma county as a Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought.
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 to refinance 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 eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2025
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Primary Counties Eligible: Beaver
Contiguous Counties Eligible
Oklahoma: Ellis, Harper, Texas
Kansas: Clark, Meade, Seward
Texas: Lipscomb, Ochiltree
Triggering Disaster 2: Drought
Application Deadline: Feb. 26, 2025
Impacted Area: Kansas
Primary Counties Eligible: Haskell, Seward
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible
Kansas: Finney, Grant, Gray, Kearny, Meade, Stevens
Oklahoma: Beaver, Texas
Triggering Disaster 3: Drought
Application Deadline: February 24, 2025
Impacted Area: Kansas
Primary Counties Eligible: Meade, Sedgwick
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible
Kansas: Butler, Clark, Cowley, Ford, Gray, Harvey, Haskell, Kingman, Reno, Seward, Sumner
Oklahoma: Beaver
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance 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.
