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Public Affairs Staff
1400 Independence Ave SW
Stop 0506, Room 3624-South
Washington, D.C. 20250-0506
Release No. 0080.11
USDA Designates Umatilla County in Oregon as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Umatilla County in Oregon as a primary natural disaster due to unseasonably warm weather followed by frosts and freezing temperatures that occurred Feb. 24-26, 2011.
"Umatilla County will soon see some much needed federal disaster assistance for its agricultural industry," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "This action provides help to hundreds of producers who suffered significant losses to their apple and cherry crops."
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Oregon also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:
| Grant | Morrow | Union | Wallowa |
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Washington also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:
| Benton | Columbia | Walla Walla |
All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas July 20, 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 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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