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USDA Designates 64 #Colorado Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas #drought
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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: Colorado
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: Dec. 8, 2022
Primary Counties Eligible:
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Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Arizona: Apache Kansas: Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton, Wallace Nebraska: Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Kimball, Perkins New Mexico: Colfax, San Juan, Union, Rio Arriba, Taos Oklahoma: Cimarron Utah: Daggett, Grand, San Juan, Uintah Wyoming: Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Sweetwater
West Drought Monitor map April 19, 2022.High Plains Drought Monitor map April 19, 2022.