30/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 30/08/2024 14:12
Numerous additional counties 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 occurring June 16, 2024, and continuing. (M4796)
Application Deadline: February 24, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible:Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Dickinson, Kossuth, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Woodbury
Minnesota: Jackson, Martin, Nobles, Rock
South Dakota: Lincoln, Minnehaha, Union
Amendment 1: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024, and continuing. (M4796)
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible:Buena Vista, Cherokee, O'Brien
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Calhoun, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Woodbury
Amendment 2: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024, and continuing. (M4796)
Application Deadline: March 10, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: Woodbury
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth
Nebraska: Dakota, Thurston
South Dakota: Union
Amendment 3: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024, and continuing. (M4796)
Application Deadline: March 18, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: Dickinson, Humboldt, Palo Alto
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Buena Vista, Clay, Emmet. Hancock, Kossuth, O'Brien, Osceola, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright
Minnesota: Jackson
Amendment 4: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024, and continuing. (M4796)
Application Deadline: March 24, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: Osceola, Scott, Winnebago, Worth
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Illinois: Rock Island
Iowa: Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Clay, Clinton, Dickinson, Hancock, Kossuth, Lyon, Mitchell, Muscatine, O'Brien, Sioux
Minnesota: Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Mower, Nobles
Amendment 5: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024 - July 23, 2024. (M4796)
Application Deadline: March 24, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: No changes with this amendment
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: No changes with this amendment
Amendment 6: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024 - July 23, 2024. (M4796)
Application Deadline: April 2, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: Harrison, Monona, Pocahontas, Winneshiek, Wright
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Iowa: Allamakee, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Crawford, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Webster, Woodbury
Minnesota: Fillmore, Houston
Nebraska: Burt, Thurston, Washington
Amendment 8: Severe Storm, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes occurring June 16, 2024 - July 23, 2024. (M4796)
Application Deadline: April 9, 2025
Primary Iowa Counties Eligible: Des Moines, Floyd, Howard, Kossuth, Mitchell
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Illinois: Henderson, Mercer
Iowa: Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Humboldt, Lee, Louisa, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth, Wright
Minnesota: Faribault, Fillmore, Martin, Mower
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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