Impacted Area: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Severe storms and flooding

Application Deadline: January 21, 2026

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.

Impacted Area: North Dakota

Triggering Disaster: Wildfire and High Winds

Application Deadline: 3/9/2026

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

Impacted Area: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding

Application Deadline: March 6, 2026

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.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).

To expedite the implementation of SDRP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is delivering assistance in two stages. This first stage is open to producers with eligible crop losses that received assistance under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program during 2023 and 2024. Stage One sign up will start in person at FSA county offices on July 10 and prefilled applications are being mailed to producers today, July 9. SDRP Stage Two signups for eligible shallow or uncovered losses will begin in early fall.

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Program Helps Offset Transporting Costs for Farmers and Livestock Producers Outside the Contiguous U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Hawaii opened enrollment today for the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP) for fiscal year 2025. The enrollment period begins July 7 and will run through Sept. 30. The deadline for producers to provide supporting documentation is Nov. 3, 2025.

RTCP helps U.S. farmers and ranchers offset a portion of the cost of transporting agricultural products over long distances.

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Impacted Area: Colorado

‍Triggering Disaster: Drought that started April 15, 2025

‍Application Deadline: February 9, 2026

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

Impacted Area: Texas

‍Triggering Disaster: High winds, severe storms, and tornadoes that occurred on June 8, 2025.

‍Application Deadline: March 9, 2026

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

Agricultural operations in Minnesota have been significantly impacted by recent severe weather including tornadoes, derecho winds, hail, lightning, and flooding. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these adverse weather events. Impacted producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure, and livestock losses and damages.

Impacted Area: Oklahoma and Texas

Triggering Disaster: High winds, severe storms and tornadoes that occurred on June 8, 2025

Application Deadline: March 9, 2025

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

Impacted Area: Michigan

Multiple Triggering Disasters (5): Drought, Rain and Freeze events occurring between April - December 2024

Application Deadline: November 28, 2025
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Impacted Area: Michigan

Triggering Disaster: Drought (fast track designation) that occurred beginning April 15, 2025

Application Deadline: February 9, 2026

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These Secretarial natural disaster designations allow 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.

Impacted Area: Florida

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: February 2, 2026

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

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Impacted Area: Montana

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: February 17, 2026

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

Impacted Areas: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania

Triggering Disaster: Drought

Application Deadline: February 2, 2026

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

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Impacted Area: South Dakota

Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast Track)

Application Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers in New Mexico should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline.

The following acreage reporting dates are applicable in New Mexico:

July 15, 2025: All other crops (excluding: Apiculture, Apples, Tree Nuts and Nut Crop, and Fall and Spring Seeded Grain Crops)

July 31, 2025: Hemp

August 15, 2025: Beans

Acreage reporting dates vary by crop and by county. Contact your local FSA office for a list of acreage reporting deadlines by crop.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for July 2025, which are effective July 1, 2025.

FSA offers farm ownership, operating and emergency loans with favorable interest rates and terms to help eligible agricultural producers obtain financing needed to start, expand or maintain a family agricultural operation.      

Interest rates for Operating and Ownership loans for July 2025 are as follows:       

• Farm Operating Loans (Direct): 5.000%  
• Farm Ownership Loans (Direct): 5.875%  
• Farm Ownership Loans (Direct, Joint Financing): 3.875%  
• Farm Ownership Loans (Down Payment): 1.875%
• Emergency Loan (Amount of Actual Loss): 3.750%  

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Montana of the July 25, 2025 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning Nov. 19, 2024.

The disaster declaration covers the Montana counties of Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley and Wibaux.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these adverse weather events.  Impacted producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure, and livestock losses and damages.

Impacted Area: South Dakota

Triggering Disaster: Drought (Fast Track)

Application Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026

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 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.

This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.

Impacted Area: Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois.

8 Triggering Disasters.

Application Deadline: 05/31/2026.

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

Impacted Area: Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois

Triggering Disaster: Flooding, Excessive Rain, and Flash Flooding that occurred on March 30 through April 6, 2025

Application Deadline: February 2, 2026

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Impacted Area: Missouri. Application

Application Deadline: 02/09/2026.

Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding that occurred on May 16, 2025.

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.

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Impacted Area: Tennessee and Kentucky.

Application Deadline: February 17, 2026.

Triggering Disaster: Various -Tornado, Lightening, and Flooding instances in March, 2025.

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.

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