Producers in select counties in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for USDA physical loss loans.

The Farm Service Agency offers low-interest loans to agricultural producers in 55 South Dakota counties, the primary damaged area, who incurred losses caused by two separate disaster events. Approval is limited to applicants who suffered severe physical losses only, including the loss of buildings and livestock. Applications are due Dec. 24, 2019.

South Dakota Blizzard – March 13-15, 2019

Physical loss loans are available to eligible agricultural producers in Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington, Custer, Davison, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Faulk, Gregory, Haakon, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Jackson, Jones, Lake, Lyman, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Potter, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Walworth and Ziebach counties in South Dakota, who incurred losses due to a blizzard that occurred March 13 through March 15, 2019.

Producers in the contiguous South Dakota counties of Bon Homme, Butte, Corson, Day, Edmunds, Fall River, Grant, Hamlin, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lawrence, Marshall, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Perkins, Sanborn and Turner are eligible to apply for emergency loans, too.

Also eligible to apply are producers from:

South Dakota Flooding – March 13-15, 2019

Physical loss loans are available to eligible agricultural producers in Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Clay, Gregory, Jackson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Potter, Turner, Union and Yankton counties in South Dakota, who incurred losses due to flooding that occurred March 13 through March 15, 2019.

Producers in the contiguous South Dakota counties of Aurora, Bennett, Charles Mix, Clark, Deuel, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lyman, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Sanborn, Spink, Sully, Todd, Tripp and Walworth are eligible to apply for emergency loans.

Also eligible to apply for emergency loans are producers from:

Missouri flooding

Missouri producers in the counties of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay and Holt who incurred losses caused by extreme flooding beginning on March 9, 2019, are eligible for low-interest loans.

Producers in the contiguous Missouri counties of Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Jackson, Nodaway, Platte, and Ray,

Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees, and harvested or stored crops and hay.

For more information on FSA disaster assistance programs or to find your local USDA Service Center visit https://www.farmers.gov/recover.

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