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 the refinance of 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 (see http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ ), these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
State: Colorado
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: November 5, 2021
Primary Counties Eligible:
Adams Alamosa Arapahoe Archuleta Baca Bent Boulder Broomfield Chaffee Cheyenne Clear Creek Conejos Costilla
Crowley Delta Denver Dolores Douglas Eagle Elbert El Paso Fremont Garfield Gilpin Grand Gunnison
Hinsdale Huerfano Jackson Jefferson Kiowa Kit Carson Lake La Plata Larimer Las Animas Lincoln Logan Mesa
Mineral Moffat Montezuma Montrose Morgan Otero Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin Prowers Pueblo
Rio Blanco Rio Grande Routt Saguache San Juan San Miguel Sedwick Summit Teller Washington Weld Yuma
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
Colorado: Custer
Arizona: Apache
Kansas: Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and Wallace
Nebraska: Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Kimball and Perkins
New Mexico: Colfax, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Taos and Union
Oklahoma: Cimarron
Utah: Daggett, Grand, San Juan and Uintah
Wyoming: Albany, Carbon, Laramie and Sweetwater
For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.
