U.S. Department of Agriculture
A recent 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 No. 1
Impacted Area: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas
Triggering Disaster: Drought, Fast-Track
Application Deadline: Dec. 21
Primary Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma – Adair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, McClain, McCurtain, Mayes, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Wagoner and Washita
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma – Atoka, Brayan, Coal, Creek, Ellis, Garfield, Haskell, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Logan, Love, McIntosh, Major, Marshall, Murray, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Payne, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa and Woodward
Arkansas – Benton, Crawford, Little River, Polk, Sevier, and Washington
Kansas – Cherokee and Labette
Missouri – McDonald and Newton
Texas – Bowie, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Hardeman, Hemphill, Lamar, Montague, Red River, Wheeler, Wichita and Wilbarger
Triggering Disaster No. 2
Impacted Area: Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas
Triggering Disaster: Drought, Fast-Track
Application Deadline: Dec. 15
Primary Counties Eligible:
Oklahoma: – Beaver, Bryan, Garfield, Harper, Logan, Love, McIntosh, Major, Murray, Noble, Okfuskee, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers and Texas
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma – Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cimarron, Craig, Creek, Dewey, Ellis, Garvin, Grant, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Marshall, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Woods and Woodward
Kansas – Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward and Stevens
Texas – Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hansford, Lamar, Lipscomb, Montague, Ochiltree and Sherman
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.
