USDA Approves Natural Disaster Designations for 39 N.C. Counties

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Updated: Oct. 28, 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved natural disaster designations for 39 N.C. counties. Farmers in eligible counties are encouraged to apply for FSA Disaster Programs. They have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses.

The counties include:

Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Northhampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrell, Wake, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.

The USDA reviewed Loss Assessment Reports from the counties and determined that there were sufficient production losses to warrant Secretarial natural disaster designations for primary disasters areas. Those reports indicate at least one crop with losses in excess of 30% in those counties.

All qualified farm operators in the designated natural disaster counties are eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. 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.

Additional areas of the state are named as contiguous disaster counties. Those counties include:

Anson, Chatham, Dare, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Randolph, Stanly and Warren.

View the FSA Disaster Assistance Programs post for information on specific programs that do not require a disaster declaration. Interested farmers can also contact their local USDA Service Centers for more details or visit http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.

Contact:
Nimasheena Burns, USDA-FSA
919-875-4857
nimasheena.burns@nc.usda.gov

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Justin Moore, N.C. Cooperative ExtensionJustin MooreDirector of Marketing and Communications, NC State Extension Call Justin Email Justin Extension Administration
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Updated on Nov 22, 2016
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