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: Texas
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: Nov. 26, 2021
Primary Counties Eligible:
Bee Brazoria
Cottle DeWitt
Karnes King
Kleberg Live Oak
Matagorda Victoria
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
Atascosa Brooks Calhoun Childress Dickens Duval Foard
Fort Bend Galveston Goliad Gonzales Hall Hardeman Harris
Haskell Jackson Jim Wells Kenedy Kent Knox Lavaca
McMullen Motley Nueces Refugio
San Patricio Stonewall Wharton Wilson
For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.
