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Article: USDA DESIGNATES COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE AS NATURAL DISASTER AREAS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 31, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency has issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated counties in Oklahoma and Tennessee as primary natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low-interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA). The entire state of Oklahoma was designated a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by drought, extreme heat and high winds that occurred from Jan. 1, 2006, and continuing.
The following counties in the adjacent states of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas are also eligible because they are ...