USDA Designates 6 Counties in Iowa as

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USDA Designates 6 Counties in Iowa as

07/11/2011 10:24 AM EDT

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

Release 0072.11

USDA Designates 6 Counties in Iowa as
Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated six counties in Iowa as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by flooding that began May 23, 2011, and continues.

"I'm pleased that Governor Branstad took my suggestion to seek a Secretarial disaster designation to help Iowa farmers affected by recent floods," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I realize that during this time of disaster, federal assistance will be needed until conditions improve as farmers strive to recover their losses."

The counties are:

Fremont	Harrison	Mills
Monona	Pottawattamie	Woodbury

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

Cass	Montgomery	Page
Cherokee	Plymouth	Shelby
Crawford	Ida

Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:

Missouri
Atchison

Nebraska

Burt	Dakota	Otoe	Thurston
Cass	Douglas	Sarpy	Washington

South Dakota
Union

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas July 8, 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.

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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