USDA Designates 13 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 13 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency on May 19, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

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.

State: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Winter storm, blizzard, snow, ice and high winds that occurred Feb. 10 - Feb. 19, 2021

Application Deadline: Dec. 23, 2021

Primary Counties Eligible:

Bexar Burleson Cameron

Comanche Concho Fannin

Fisher Jackson Menard

Nolan Runnel

Willacy Williamson

Contiguous Counties also Eligible:

* Texas:

Atacosa Bandera Bastrop Bell Brazos Brown Burnet Calhoun Coke Coleman Collin Colorado

Comal Delta Eastland Erath Grayson Guadalupe Hamilton Hidalgo Hunt Jones Kendall Kenedy

Kent Kimble Lamar Lavaca Lee McCulloch Mason Matagorda Medina Milam Mills Mitchell

Robertson Schleicher Scurry Stonewall Sutton Taylor Tom Green Travis Victoria Washington Wharton Wilson

* Oklahoma: Bryan

For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency

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