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The deadline to apply for these emergency loans is Aug. 17, 2020.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 22 Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
These natural disaster designations allow FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters. 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 the refinance of certain debts.
Freeze
Producers in Arenac, Berrien, Cass, Huron, Iosco, Kalamazoo, Ogemaw, Oscoda, St. Joseph, and Van Buren counties who suffered losses due to freeze that occurred Jan. 1, 2019, through April 30, 2019, are eligible to apply for emergency loans.
Producers in the contiguous Michigan counties of Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Crawford, Gladwin, Montgomery, Otsego, Roscommon, Sanilac, and Tuscola, along with Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, and St. Joseph counties in Indiana, are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.
Excessive Rain
Producers in Alcona, Alpena, Calhoun, Iosco, Isabella, Jackson, Montcalm, Montmorency, Saginaw, and Van Buren counties, who suffered losses due to excessive rain that occurred March 1, 2019, through September 1, 2019, are eligible to apply for emergency loans.
Producers in the contiguous Michigan counties of Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Cheboygan, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Livingston, Mecosta, Midland, Newaygo, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Presque Isle, St. Joseph, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Washtenaw are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.
Excessive Rain, Flooding, and Flash Flooding
Producers in Allegan and Ottawa counties who suffered losses due to excessive rain, flooding, and flash flooding that occurred from March 1, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2019, are eligible to apply for emergency loans.
Producers in the contiguous Michigan counties of Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, and Van Buren are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.
