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: California
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: November 5, 2021
Primary Counties Eligible:
Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno
Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera
Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Napa Nevada Placer Plumas
Riverside Sacramento San Bernardino San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Santa Clara Shasta Sierra Siskiyou
Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Yolo Yuba
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
California: Monterey, Orange, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura
Arizona: La Paz, Mohave and Yuma
Nevada: Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Washoe and Carson City
Oregon: Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake
For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.
