(Nebraska) -- Farmers in over a dozen Nebraska counties can receive federal funds to help tackle ongoing drought conditions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s disaster declaration allows farm operators from certain counties to apply for Farm Service Agency emergency loan assistance. Thirteen Nebraska counties are declared by the USDA as primary natural disaster areas due to the ongoing drought. The announcement also classified 31 counties as contiguous counties. Farmers eligible have 8 months from the date of the disaster declaration to apply for emergency loans.
The primary counties include:
- Custer
- Knox
- Saline
- Valley
- Dawson
- Lancaster
- Seward
- York
- Gage
- Logan
- Sherman
- Garfield
- McPhereson
The contiguous counties include:
- Antelope
- Cedar
- Holt
- Loup
- Thayer
- Arthur
- Clay
- Hooker
- Otoe
- Thomas
- Blaine
- Fillmore
- Howard
- Pawnee
- Wheeler
- Boyd
- Frontier
- Jefferson
- Phelps
- Buffalo
- Gosper
- Johnson
- Pierce
- Butler
- Greeley
- Keith
- Polk
- Cass
- Hamilton
- Lincoln
- Saunders
You can find more details here.