09/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/10/2024 06:38
Three Contiguous South Dakota Counties Also Eligible for Assistance
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: Iowa
Triggering Disaster: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes that occurred from June 16, 2024, through July 23, 2024.
Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth, and Sioux
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Dickinson, Kossuth, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, and Woodbury
Minnesota: Jackson, Martin, Nobles, and Rock
South Dakota: Lincoln, Minnehaha, and Union
Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes that occurred from June 16, 2024, through July 23, 2024.
Application Deadline: Mar. 10, 2025
Primary Counties Eligible: Woodbury
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, and Plymouth
Nebraska: Dakota and Thurston
South Dakota: Union
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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