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 to refinance 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, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
Impacted Area: Texas
Triggering Disaster 1: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring September 17, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: May 23, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Archer, Cottle, Foard, Hall, Hemphill, King, Lipscomb, and Wichita
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Baylor | Briscoe | Childress | Clay | Collingsworth |
| Dickens | Donley | Gray | Hardeman | Haskell |
| Jack | Kent | Knox | Motley | Ochiltree |
| Roberts | Stonewall | Throckmorton | Wheeler | Wilbarger |
| Young |
Oklahoma: Beaver, Cotton, Ellis, Roger Mills, and Tillman
Triggering Disaster 2: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring August 13, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Briscoe, Collingsworth, Fannin, and Motley
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Armstrong | Childress | Collin | Cottle | Crosby |
| Delta | Dickens | Donley | Floyd | Gray |
| Grayson | Hall | Hunt | King | Lamar |
| Swisher | Wheeler |
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, and Harmon
Triggering Disaster 3: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring October 8, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Grayson and Lamar
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, and Red River
Oklahoma: Beckham, Bryan, and Harmon
Triggering Disaster 4: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring September 10, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: July 7, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Delta, Dickens, Franklin, Hopkins, and Jack
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Archer | Camp | Clay | Cottle | Crosby |
| Fannin | Floyd | Garza | Hunt | Kent |
| King | Lamar | Montague | Motley | Palo Pinto |
| Parker | Rains | Red River | Stonewall | Titus |
| Wise | Wood | Young |
Triggering Disaster 5: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring September 17, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: July 14, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Hunt, Rains, and Wood
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Camp, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rockwall, Smith, Upshur, and Van Zandt
Triggering Disaster 6: Drought (Fast-Track) occurring September 24, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: July 18, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Smith and Van Zandt
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance 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.
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