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USDA Designates Kansas and Oklahoma Counties as Natural Disaster Areas

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:41:51 CDT

USDA Designates Kansas and Oklahoma Counties as Natural Disaster Areas The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 25 counties in Kansas, as well as five counties in Oklahoma, as primary natural disaster areas due to losses of wheat and forage crops caused by drought, excessive heat and high winds that occurred from Jan. 1, 2011, and continuing. Those counties are:    


"Assistance at this point and time is critically important for Kansas producers, especially in helping them keep their farmland healthy for the remainder of the year," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I realize that during this time of disaster, federal assistance will be needed until conditions improve as farmers strive to recover their losses."


Barber                Cowley               Gray                   Lincoln               Russell

Barton                Edwards             Harper                Norton                Sedgwick

Butler                 Ellis                    Harvey               Phillips               Stafford

Clark                  Ford                   Hodgeman         Reno                   Sumner

Comanche          Graham              Kingman            Rice                    Trego     


Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Kansas also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:


Chase                                      Haskell                                    Ottawa

Chautauqua                             Kiowa                                     Pawnee

Decatur                                   Marion                                     Pratt

Elk                                           McPherson                              Rooks

Ellsworth                                 Meade                                     Rush

Finney                                     Mitchell                                   Saline

Gove                                       Ness                                        Smith

Greenwood                             Osborne                                   Smith    


Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Nebraska and Oklahoma also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:

Nebraska

Franklin, Furnas and Harlan


Oklahoma

Alfalfa, Beaver, Grant, Harper, Kay, Osage and Woods    


All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas June 23, 2011, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.    


USDA also has made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), which was approved as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the Emergency Conservation Program; Federal Crop Insurance; and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs.


Click here for more information on Crop Disaster Assistance Programs.



   

 

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