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18/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 18/12/2024 15:51
USDA Designates Numerous New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought and Excessive Heat; Additional Contiguous Counties in Pennsylvania and Delaware
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 throug 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: New Jersey
Triggering Disaster 1: Drought with excessive heat June 25, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: 8/11/2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Hunterdon, Somerset.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
New Jersey: Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, Warren.
Pennsylvania: Bucks.
Triggering Disaster 2: Drought with excessive heat June 1, 2024, and continuing.
Application Deadline: 8/11/25
Primary Counties Eligible: Burlington, Camden, Ocean.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth.
Pennsylvania: Bucks, Philadelphia.
Triggering Disaster 3: Drought 6/8/24 and continuing.
Application Deadline: 8/11/2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Gloucester, Salem.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland.
Delaware: Kent, New Castle.
Pennsylvania: Delaware, Philadelphia.
Triggering Disaster 4: Drought 5/19/2024 and continuing.
Application Deadline: 8/11/2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem.
Delaware: Kent.
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.