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USDA designates counties in Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Texas as ag disaster areas
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated counties in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Texas as primary agricultural disaster areas.
Illinois--In Illinois, 42 counties are designated as primary disaster areas for drought that occurred from July 1 through Aug. 30. These counties are: Boone, Hardin, Lee, Putnam, Wayne, Bureau, Henderson, Marion, Randolph, White, Carroll, Henry, Marshall, Saline, Whiteside, Clay, Jackson, Massac, St. Clair, Williamson, Edwards, Jefferson, McHenry, Stark, Winnebago, Fayette, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Stephenson Woodford, Franklin, Johnson, Ogle, Vermilion, Gallatin, Knox, Perry, Wabash, Hamilton, Lake, Pope, Washington
Also eligible because they are contiguous are the following counties: Bond, Edgar, Kane, McLean, Shelby, Champaign, Effingham, La Salle, Monroe, Tazewell, Clinton, Ford, Lawrence, Montgomery, Union, Cook, Fulton, Livingston, Peoria, Warren, De Kalb, Iroquois, Madison, Pulaski, Douglas, Jasper, McDonough, Richland
Iowa--The Iowa counties that are designated as primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by drought that occurred on July 1 and continuing are Butler, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Iowa, Jackson, Mahaska, Marshall, Muscatine, Scott, Webster and Woodbury.
Missouri--In Missouri, 34 counties are designated as primary natural disaster areas for losses cause by drought that occurred from Jan. 1 and continuing. These counties are: Audrain, Franklin, Lawrence, Moniteau, Pulaski, Boone, Gasconade, Lincoln, Monroe, Ralls, Callaway, Greene, McDonald, Montgomery, Randolph, Cape, Girardeau, Howard, Macon, Osage, Scotland, Cole, Jasper, Maries, Perry, Shelby, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Phelps, Warren, Dade, Laclede, Miller, Pike
Also designated because they are contiguous are the counties of: Barry, Lewis, Ste. Genevieve, Bollinger, Madison, Stoddard, Christian, Newton, Stone, Clark, Scott, Texas, Dent, St. Charles, Washington, Iron, St. Francois, Webster, Jefferson, St. Louis, Wright
Texas--Wheeler County in Texas is designated as a primary natural disaster area due to drought that occurred from Jan. 1 and continuing. Also eligible because they are contiguous are the counties of Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and Roberts.
Floyd County in Texas is designated as a primary disaster area due to losses caused by rain, hail and winds that occurred from May 31 through June 11.
Also designated for this same disaster because they are contiguous are the following counties: Briscoe, Dickens, Lubbock, Swisher, Rosby, Hale, Motley.
The Iowa counties and Wheeler County in Texas (including the contiguous counties) were designated on Dec. 12. All other counties were designated on Dec. 19, making all qualified farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency, provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for the 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 available, in addition to the emergency loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.
USDA has also made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Emergency Conservation Program, Federal Crop Insurance and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
Interested farmers may contact their local FSA 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.
Date: 1/15/04
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