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.

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USDA Designates 12 Nebraska 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. 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 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.

Impacted Area: Nebraska

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: Dec. 19, 2022

Primary Counties Eligible:
                                           

Blaine                                 Knox                    Nance

Dundy                                Loup                    Pierce

Hayes                                  Madison               Platte

Hitchcock                           Merrick                Red Willow

 

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Nebraska:                         

Antelope                             Cherry                  Hall                 Perkins

Boone                                 Colfax                  Hamilton         Polk

Boyd                                   Custer                  Holt                 Rock

Brown                                 Frontier                Howard           Stanton

Butler                                  Furnas                  Lincoln            Thomas

Cedar                                  Garfield               Logan              Wayne

Chase                                  Greeley

Colorado: Yuma
Kansas: Cheyenne, Decatur and Rawlins
South Dakota:
Bon Homme, Charles Mix and Yankton

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery ToolDisaster 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.

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