USDA Designates 14 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 14 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

09/02/2011 04:18 PM EDT

Release 0105.11

USDA Designates 14 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 14 counties in New York as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding and cooler than normal temperatures that occurred from March 1 – June 1, 2011.

Those counties are:

Albany	Essex	Jefferson	Saratoga	Steuben
Chautauqua	Franklin	Monroe	Schenectady	Washington
Columbia	Greene	Rensselaer	Schoharie

“New York 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 New York producers and we will commit all available resources to help in recovery.”

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

Allegany	Dutchess	Lewis	Oswego	Ulster
Cattaraugus	Erie	Livingston	Otsego	Warren
Chemung	Fulton	Montgomery	Schuyler	Wayne
Clinton	Genesee	Ontario	St. Lawrence	Yates
Delaware	Hamilton	Orleans

Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous:

Massachusetts
Berkshire

Pennsylvania
Erie, Potter, Tioga and Warren

Vermont
Addison, Bennington, Chittenden and Rutland

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Aug. 25, 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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