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Public Affairs Staff
1400 Independence Ave SW
Stop 0506, Room 3624-South
Washington, D.C. 20250-0506
Release No. 0062.11
USDA Designates Five Counties in Ohio as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Ashland, Delaware, Holmes, Tuscarawas and Wyandot counties in Ohio as primary natural disaster areas after flooding along with excessive rain, high winds and tornadoes caused severe agricultural damage as well as losses to wheat and forage crops from Feb. 2 - March 23, 2011.
"Ohio producers can continue to count on USDA to provide emergency assistance," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I are committed to reducing the impact of this disaster for Ohio producers."
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Ohio also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:
| Carroll | Guernsey | Huron | Marion | Seneca |
| Coshocton | Hancock | Knox | Medina | Stark |
| Crawford | Hardin | Licking | Morrow | Union |
| Franklin | Harrison | Lorain | Richland | Wayne |
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.govvia the "News and Events" link.
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