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USDA designates six Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areasDecision allows farmers and ranchers to apply for USDA assistance Colorado The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated six counties in Colorado for three separate disaster conditions. Alamosa, Larimer, Pueblo and Saguache counties in Colorado were designated primary natural disaster areas because of losses caused by hail that occurred during the period of July 28, through Sept. 3. Farm operators in the counties listed below also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous. Those counties are: Boulder, Custer, Hinsdale, Mineral, Chaffee, El Paso, Huerfano, Otero, Conejos, Fremont, Jackson, Rio Grande, Costilla, Grand, Las Animas, Weld, Crowley, Gunnison and Lincoln. Farm operators in Albany and Laramie counties in the adjacent state of Wyoming also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous. Custer County was designated a primary natural disaster area because of losses caused by excessive snow, followed by cold spring and summer temperatures that occurred during the period of April 15 through Sept. 15. Farm operators in Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo and Saguache counties also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous. Fremont County was designated a primary natural disaster area because of losses caused by drought that occurred from January 1, and continuing. Farm operators in Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Park, Pueblo, Saguache and Teller counties also qualify for natural disaster benefits because their counties are contiguous. All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Nov. 6, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency, 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 has also made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program, which was approved as part of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; 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. 12/1/08 Date: 11/25/08
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