This Presidential disaster declaration 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 to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.
Impacted Area: Texas and Oklahoma
Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm
Application Deadline: December 8, 2023
Primary Counties Eligible:
Texas: Anderson, Falls, Gillespie, Hopkins, Kerr, Kimble, Limestone, Red River
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Texas: Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bowie, Cherokee, Delta, Edwards, Franklin, Freestone, Henderson, Hill, Houston, Hunt, Kendall, Lamar, Leon, Llano, McLennan, Mason, Menard, Milam, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Real, Robertson, Schleicher, Sutton, Titus, Wood
Oklahoma: Choctaw and McCurtain
Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes
Application Deadline: December 26, 2023
Primary Counties Eligible: McClain and Pottawatomie
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Seminole
Triggering Disaster 3: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes
Application Deadline: January 8, 2024
Primary Counties Eligible: Cleveland
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie
Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring April 19-20, 2023
Application Deadline: December 26, 2023
Primary Counties Eligible: McClain and Pottawatomie
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Oklahoma: Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Seminole
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance 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.
FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
