Crittenden County is among five Kentucky counties eligible for FSA emergency loans thanks to an Illinois disaster declaration.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack declared 46 Illinois counties as disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain, flooding and flash flooding that occurred on April 1, 2011, through July 31, 2011.
As a result of the declaration, five Kentucky counties were named as contiguous counties where eligible family farmers may qualify for FSA EM loan assistance pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Those counties are: Ballard, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken and Union.
EM loan applications for physical and production losses will be received through May 21, 2012, and applications pending on that date may be processed and completed.
Farmers interested in applying for assistance should contact their local FSA county office.
