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: November 26, 2021
Primary Counties Eligible:
| Bee | Cottle | Karnes | Kleberg | Matagorda |
| Brazoria | DeWitt | King | Live Oak | Victoria |
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
| Atascosa | Fort Bend | Haskell | McMullen | San Patricio |
| Brooks | Galveston | Jackson | Motley | Stonewall |
| Calhoun | Goliad | Jim Wells | Nueces | Wharton |
| Childress | Gonzales | Kenedy | Refugio | Wilson |
| Dickens | Hall | Kent | ||
| Duval | Hardeman | Knox | ||
| Foard | Harris | Lavaca |
For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit farmers.gov/recover.
Farm Service Agency:
1400 Independence Ave.
SW Washington, DC 20250
Contact:
FPAC Press Desk
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov