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: South Carolina
Triggering Disaster #1: Freezing temperatures that occurred during April 2 through April 3, 2021.
Application Deadline: April 12, 2022
Primary Counties Eligible: Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg and Union
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
South Carolina: Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Pickens and York
North Carolina: Cleveland, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania
Triggering Disaster #2: Freezing temperatures that occurred during April 22, 2021.
Application Deadline: April 12, 2022
Primary County Eligible: Oconee
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
South Carolina: Anderson and Pickens
Georgia: Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun and Stephens
North Carolina: Jackson, Macon and Transylvania
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.
Farm Service Agency:
1400 Independence Ave.
SW Washington, DC 20250
Contact:
FPAC Press Desk
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov