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.
Impacted Area: Texas
Triggering Disaster Event #1: Excessive moisture and excessive rainfall that occurred during March 1 through July 1, 2021
Application Deadline: April 18, 2022
Primary County Eligible: Bowie
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Texas: Cass, Morris and Red River
Arkansas: Little River and Miller
Oklahoma: McCurtain
Triggering Disaster Event #2: Excessive moisture and excessive rainfall that occurred during April 1 through July 18, 2021
Application Deadline: April 18, 2022
Primary County Eligible: Baylor, Ellis, Hunt, Jackson, Knox, Lamar and Matagorda
Contiguous Counties also Eligible:
Texas:
| Archer | Henderson | Rockwall |
| Brazoria | Hill | Stonewall |
| Calhoun | Hopkins | Tarrant |
| Collin | Johnson | Throckmorton |
| Colorado | Kaufman | Van Zandt |
| Dallas | King | Victoria |
| Delta | Lavaca | Wharton |
| Fannin | Navarro | Wichita |
| Foard | Rains | Wilbarger |
| Haskell | Red River | Young |
Oklahoma: Bryan and Choctaw
Triggering Disaster Event #3: Excessive moisture and excessive rainfall that occurred during May 15 through July 19, 2021
Application Deadline: April 18, 2022
Primary County Eligible: Wharton
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson and Matagorda
Triggering Disaster Event #4: Excessive moisture and excessive rainfall that occurred during June 7 through July 27, 2021
Application Deadline: April 18, 2022
Primary County Eligible: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes and Walker
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Houston, Lee, Leon, Madison, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Waller and Washington
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-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