USDA Announces Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop Growers
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FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
New Program Part of Broader Effort to Transform Food System, Create Jobs
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Seven Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
Three Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance
USDA Designates Two Alabama Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters
Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees and harvested or stored crops and hay.
State: Arkansas
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 16 Kansas counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Winter Storm.
This Presidential disaster declaration 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.
USDA Designates Aransas County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties Also Available
USDA Designates Four Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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.
USDA Issues Quarantine Designation for Grant County and Roberts County, South Dakota
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Low-Interest Emergency Loans Available to Producers Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
USDA Designates Fayette County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties Also Available
USDA Designates 45 North Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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.