Tuesday, 28 June 2011

USDA Designates 22 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 22 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
06/28/2011 09:40 AM EDT

Farm Service Agency
Public Affairs Staff
1400 Independence Ave SW
Stop 0506, Room 3624-South
Washington, D.C. 20250-0506

Release No. 0060.11



USDA Designates 22 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 22 counties in Georgia as natural disaster areas because of losses caused by drought that began Dec. 15, 2010, and continues.

"President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe damage to forage crops, pasture, oats, rye and wheat, and we want to help," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "This action will provide help to hundreds of farmers who suffered significant production losses."

The counties are:

ApplingBryanEffinghamPierce
AtkinsonChathamIrwinTelfair
BaconCoffeeJeff DavisThomas
Ben HillColquittLanierWayne
BrantleyCookLowndesWheeler
BrooksDodge

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

BerrienEvansMitchellToombs
BleckleyGlynnMontgomeryTreutlen
BullochGradyPulaskiTurner
CamdenLaurensScrevenWare
CharltonLibertyTattnallWilcox
ClinchLongTiftWorth
EcholsMcIntosh

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

Florida
HamiltonJeffersonLeonMadison

South Carolina
HamptonJasper

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas June 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.


USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).


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