USDA Designates 22 Counties in Montana as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 22 Counties in Montana as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

08/26/2011 12:00 PM EDT

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

Release No. 0103.11

USDA Designates 22 Counties in Montana as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 22 counties in Montana as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by severe winter storms, blizzards, excessive moisture and flooding that began Jan. 1 and continues.

Those counties are:

Big Horn	Glacier	Phillips
Carter	Golden Valley	Powder River
Chouteau	Hill	Richland
Custer	Judith Basin	Rosebud
Dawson	McCone	Treasure
Fallon	Mussellshell	Wheatland
Fergus	Petroleum	Wibaux
Garfield

"Montana producers can continue to count on USDA to provide emergency assistance during these difficult times," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I are committed to reducing the impact of this disaster for Montana producers and we will commit all available resources to help in recovery."

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

Blaine	Meagher	Sweet Grass
Carbon	Pondera	Teton
Cascade	Prairie	Toole
Flathead	Roosevelt	Valley
Liberty	Stillwater	Yellowstone

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

North Dakota

Bowman	Golden Valley	McKenzie
Slope	Williams

South Dakota
Butte and Harding

Wyoming
Big Horn
Campbell
Crook
Sheridan

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Aug. 23, 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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