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. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.
Impacted Area: Texas
Triggering Disaster: Hurricane Beryl
Declaration Amendment 1
Application Deadline: March 12, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
| Brazoria | Chambers | Galveston | Harris | Jackson |
| Jasper | Jefferson | Liberty | Matagorda | Montgomery |
| Orange | Polk | San Jacinto | Walker | Wharton |
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Angelina | Austin | Calhoun | Colorado | Fort Bend |
| Grimes | Hardin | Houston | Lavaca | Madison |
| Newton | Sabine | San Augustine | Trinity | Tyler |
| Victoria | Waller |
Declaration Amendment 2
Application Deadline: March 13, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Fort Bend
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Cherokee, Harris, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Waller, and Wharton
Declaration Amendment 3
Application Deadline: April 2, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Austin, Bowie, Shelby, Trinity, and Waller
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Angelina | Cass | Colorado | Fayette | Fort Bend |
| Grimes | Harris | Houston | Montgomery | Morris |
| Nacogdoches | Panola | Polk | Red River | Rusk |
| Sabine | San Augustine | San Jacinto | Walker | Washington |
| Wharton |
Arkansas: Little River and Miller
Louisiana: De Soto and Sabine
Oklahoma: McCurtain
Declaration Amendment 4
Application Deadline: April 21, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Colorado
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Austin, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, and Wharton
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.
FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.
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