Daniel Robinson, State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service

Agency, reminds Baldwin County farmers that the U.S. Department of

Agriculture designated the county as a primary natural disaster

area because of losses caused by drought that began April 1 and

continues.

listed above were designated as natural disaster areas on Sept. 21,

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.

designation has also made the

"color: black">Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program, which was

approved as part of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,

available to assist farmers and ranchers. Interested

for these and other programs. Additional information is

also available online at: 

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releases are available on FSA’s website at

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"#0000FF">http://www.fsa.usda.gov via the “Newsroom”

link.