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USDA Designates 12 Oklahoma Counties as a Primary Natural Disaster Area – Seven Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance
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 replacing essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganizing a farming operation, or refinancing 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 of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional during the growing season.
Impacted Area: Oklahoma
Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast Track)
Application Deadline: November 25, 2024
Primary Counties Eligible: Atoka, Beckham, Choctaw, Coal, Greer, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Osage, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, and Washington
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Bryan | Custer | Garvin | Johnston |
| Kay | Kiowa | Latimer | Le Flore |
| McClain | McCurtain | McIntosh | Murray |
| Noble | Nowata | Okfuskee | Pawnee |
| Pittsburg | Pottawatomie | Roger Mills | Rogers |
| Seminole | Tillman | Tulsa | Washita |
Kansas: Chautauqua, Cowley, and Montgomery
Texas: Childress, Collingsworth, Hardeman, Lamar, Red River, Wheeler, and Wilbarger
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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