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Several New Jersey Counties have been declared as either primary or contiguous disaster areas using the Secretarial Disaster Designation process. Under this designation, if you have operations in any primary or contiguous county, you are eligible to apply for low interest Emergency Loans.
- Secretarial Designation S5785 – Delaware
- For Drought and Excessive Heat from 6/01/2024 to 7/31/2024
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
- Loan application deadline: 05/27/2025
Visit https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/new-jersey to see all current New Jersey Disaster Designations.
Emergency loans help you recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding and other natural disasters or quarantine.
You have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for emergency loan assistance. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. You can borrow up to 100 percent of actual production or physical losses, to a maximum amount of $500,000.
For more information about emergency loans, contact your local USDA Service Center