USDA Designates Twenty Arkansas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.





According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.





Impacted Area: Arkansas



Triggering Disaster: Drought







Application Deadline: April 3, 2023





Primary Counties Eligible:



Benton                    Conway               Lawrence                                Pope



Boone                     Faulkner              Madison                                Searcy



Carroll                    Independence      Marion                                Stone



Clay                        Izard                    Newton                                Van Buren



Cleburne                 Johnson               Polk                                Washington







Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Arkansas:





Baxter                     Greene                 Montgomery                                Scott



Craighead               Howard                Perry                                Sevier



Crawford                Jackson                Pike                                Sharp



Franklin                  Logan                  Pulaski                                White



Fulton                     Lonoke                Randolph                                Yell





Missouri: Barry, Butler, Dunklin, McDonald, Ozark, Ripley, Stone and Taney





Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware, Le Flore and McCurtain







More Resources On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.



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