USDA Designates 7 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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USDA Designates 7 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

09/02/2011 05:06 PM EDT

Farm Service Agency
Public Affairs Staff
1400 Independence Ave SW
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Release No. 0110.11

USDA Designates 7 Counties in New York as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated seven counties in New York as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by excessive rain, high winds and hail that occurred April 1 – June 15, 2011.

Those counties are:

Dutchess	Orleans	Schoharie	Ulster	Orange
Rockland	St. Lawrence

“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 the recovery.”

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

Albany	Greene	Lewis	Otsego
Columbia	Hamilton	Monroe	Putnam
Delaware	Herkimer	Montgomery	Schenectady
Franklin	Jefferson	Niagara	Sullivan
Genesee

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

Connecticut
Fairfield Litchfield

Massachusetts
Berkshire

New Jersey

Bergen

Passaic

Sussex

Pennsylvania
Pike

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Sept. 2, 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 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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