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07/28/2011 11:12 AM EDT
Release 0084.11
USDA Designates Two Counties in Oklahoma as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Adair and Cherokee counties in Oklahoma as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by the combined effects of blizzards, excessive rain, flooding, high winds and tornadoes that occurred during the period of Jan. 1, 2011, and continuing.
“Oklahoma producers can continue to count on USDA to provide emergency assistance during continued economic difficulties,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “President Obama and I are committed to reducing the impact of this disaster for Oklahoma producers and will commit all available resources to help in the aftermath of this disaster.”
Farmers and ranchers in Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and Wagoner counties in Oklahoma also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.
All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas July 27, 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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