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: Oklahoma
Triggering Disaster: Severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that occurred May 24, 2024 through May 27, 2024
Application Deadline: January 27, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Benton, Boone, Marion
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arkansas: Baxter, Carroll, Madison, Newton, Searcy, Washington
Missouri: Barry, McDonald, Ozark, Taney
Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware
Disaster 1, Amendment 1: Severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that occurred May 24, 2024 through May 27, 2024
Application Deadline: February 5, 2025 Primary County Eligible: Baxter Contiguous Counties:
Arkansas: Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone
Missouri: Ozark
Disaster 1, Amendment 2: Severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that occurred May 24, 2024 through May 27, 2024
Application Deadline: February 12, 2025
Primary Counties: Carroll, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Nevada, Randolph, Sharp
Contiguous Counties:
Arkansas: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Clark, Clay, Columbia, Craighead, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead, Independence, Izard, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Newton, Ouchita, Pike, Washington
Missouri: Barry, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, Stone, Taney
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.
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