USDA DESIGNATES 41 ALABAMA COUNTIES PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS

USDA DESIGNATES 41 ALABAMA COUNTIES PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS
Decision Allows Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for USDA Assistance

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2007 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 41 Alabama counties primary natural disaster areas due to unseasonably low temperatures, frost and freezing conditions that occurred from April 6, 2007, through April 8, 2007.Â Those counties are:

Autauga Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cullman Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lauderdale Â Â Â Â Â Â Pickens
Bibb Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â De Kalb Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lawrence Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Randolph
Blount Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Etowah Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lee Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shelby
Calhoun Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fayette Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Limestone Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â St. Clair
Chambers Â Â Â Â Â Franklin Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sumter
CherokeeÂ Â Â Â Â Â Greene Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Marion Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Talladega
Chilton Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hale Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Marshall Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tallapoosa
Clay Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jackson Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Monroe Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tuscaloosa
Cleburne Â Â Â Â Â Â Jefferson Â Â Â Â Â Â Morgan Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Walker
Colbert Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lamar Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Perry Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Winston
Coosa

Also eligible in Alabama because they are contiguous are the
following counties:

Baldwin Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dallas Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Marengo
Butler Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Elmore Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Montgomery
Choctaw Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Escambia Â Â Â Â Â Â Russell
Clarke Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lowndes Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wilcox
Conecuh Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Macon

In addition, the counties below in the following adjacent states are also eligible because they are contiguous counties:Â

Georgia:
Carroll, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Polk, Troup and Walker countiesÂ

Mississippi:
Itawamba, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee and Tishomingo counties

Tennessee:
Franklin, Giles, Hardin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion and Wayne counties

All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas on May 14, 2007, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met.Â Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses.Â FSA will Â consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.Â FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.

USDA has also made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Emergency Conservation Program, Federal Crop Insurance and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.

Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs.Â Additional information is also available online at:
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=landing

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