USDA Designates 15 Counties in Tennessee as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 15 Counties in Tennessee as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

06/28/2011 12:27 PM EDT

Farm Service Agency
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Release No. 0063.11

USDA Designates 15 Counties in Tennessee as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 15 counties in Tennessee as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by severe storms, tornadoes, winds and flooding that began April 23 and continues.

“President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe damage to corn, wheat, forage and nursery crops,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “This assistance will help our farmers and ranchers survive the harsh effects of these disasters.”

The counties are:

Dyer	Hancock	Hawkins	Lake	Shelby
Giles	Hardeman	Henderson	Madison	Tipton
Greene	Hardin	Knox	Obion	Washington

Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Tennessee also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:

Anderson	Cocke	Hamblen	Loudon	Sullivan
Blount	Crockett	Haywood	Marshall	Unicoi
Carroll	Decatur	Jefferson	Maury	Union
Carter	Fayette	Lauderdale	McNairy	Wayne
Chester	Gibson	Lawrence	Roane	Weakley
Claiborne	Grainger	Lincoln	Sevier

Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:

Alabama
Lauderdale and Limestone

Arkansas
Crittenden and Mississippi

Kentucky
Fulton and Hickman

Mississippi

Alcorn	Benton	De Soto	Marshall	Tippah
Tishomingo

Missouri
New Madrid and Pemiscot

North Carolina
Madison

Virginia
Lee and Scott

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas July 24, 2011, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.

USDA also has made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), which was approved as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the Emergency Conservation Program; Federal Crop Insurance; and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.

FSA news releases are available on FSA's website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov via the "News and Events" link.

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