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USDA has declared eight Montana counties primary disaster areas and 18 contiguous counties including Chouteauare eligible for assistance.
This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency 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.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
• Impacted Area: Montana
• Triggering Disaster: Drought
• Application Deadline: 1/8/2025
• Primary Counties Eligible: Cascade, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, Pondera, Sanders and Teton
• Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Montana: Broadwater, Chouteau, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lake, Liberty, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Powell, Sweet Grass, Toole and Wheatland
Idaho: Bonner and Shoshone
On https://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, producers can contact their local USDA Service Center.
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