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: Utah
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: Dec. 20, 2021
Primary Counties Eligible: Cache, Morgan, Sanpete, Utah and Wasatch
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
* Utah:
Box Elder Carbon Davis
Duchesne Emery Juab
Millard Rich Salt Lake
Sevier Summit
Tooele Weber
* Idaho: Bear Lake, Franklin and Oneida
For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.
