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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
USDA
agricultural disaster status given to eight western Ohio counties
Agricultural Producers in Butler, Darke, Defiance, Hamilton, Mercer,
Paulding, Preble, and Van Wert Counties are Eligible for USDA
Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated
Butler, Darke, Defiance, Hamilton, Mercer, Paulding, Preble, and Van
Wert Counties as natural disaster areas due to excessive rain and
flooding in the region in 2015. With this disaster designation,
agricultural producers in these counties are eligible to be considered
for assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), including emergency
loans. Eligible farmers have eight months from the date of the official
disaster declaration to apply for emergency loans and can receive
guidance in applying for these loans from their local FSA office.
“Ohio producers whose livelihoods are threatened by no fault of their
own rely on the Farm Service Agency’s emergency loan program to manage
risk on their farms and continue to provide a reliable food supply for
Ohio and the world,” said Brown. “This federal assistance will help
producers in western Ohio rebuild and get back on their feet.”
Brown is the first Ohioan to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee
in nearly 50 years. In 2014, he was part of the Senate Farm Bill
Conference Committee that successfully negotiated a five-year farm bill
that had been stalled for more than three years.
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