Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees, and harvested or stored crops and hay.
Triggering Disaster #1
Impacted Area: Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia
Triggering Disaster: Hurricane Helene that occurred on Sept. 26, 2024
Application Deadline: June 3, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
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Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
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Tennessee: Blount, Claiborne, Knox, Union
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North Carolina: Ashe, Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Watauga, Yancey
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Virginia: Grayson, Lee, Scott, Washington, Bristol
Triggering Disaster #2
Impacted Area: Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina
Triggering Disaster: Hurricane Helene that occurred on Sept. 26, 2024, through Sept. 27, 2024.
Application Deadline: June 3, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
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Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, McDuffie, McIntosh, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
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Tennessee: Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk
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Alabama: Barbour, Chambers, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Lee, Randolph, Russell
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Florida: Baker, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Nassau
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North Carolina: Cherokee, Clay, Macon
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South Carolina: Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Edgefield, Hampton, Jasper, McCormick, Oconee
Triggering Disaster #3
Impacted Area: Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia
Triggering Disaster: Hurricane Helene that occurred on Sept. 27, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
Application Deadline: June 3, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
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Virginia: Albemarle, Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Lee, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
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Tennessee: Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan
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Virginia: Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Culpeper, Fluvanna, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Louisa, Orange, Rappahannock, Rockbridge, Shenandoah, Warren, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Danville, Galax, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Norton, Radford, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Waynesboro
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Kentucky: Bell, Harlan, Letcher, Pike
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North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry
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West Virginia: Greenbrier, Hardy, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas, SummersÂ
Triggering Disaster #4
Impacted Area: North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia
Triggering Disaster: Rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene that occurred on Sept. 27, 2024
Application Deadline: June 3, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
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North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
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Tennessee: Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sevier, Unicoi
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North Carolina: Alexander, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Gaston, Graham, Iredell, Lincoln, Surry, Yadkin
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Georgia: Rabun
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South Carolina: Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, York
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Virginia: Grayson
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.