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Gabi Grunstein – Gabor.Grunstein@usda.gov – April 21, 2025
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 (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/emergency-farm-loans?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery). Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor (https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery), 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.
Impacted Area: New Jersey
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: 12/08/2025
Primary Counties Eligible:
• New Jersey: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
• New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, Ocean, Salem
• Delaware: Kent, New Castle
• Pennsylvania: Delaware, Philadelphia
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.
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