Rain-drenched Ohio counties eligible for USDA aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Agriculture John R.
Block recently designated 33
counties m Ohio as eligible tor
disaster emergency farm aid
because of excessive sprmg and
early summer rains that delayed
crop planting.
Block’s designation was the
second under a new disaster
emergency program put into effect
by the U.S. Department of
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Administration on May 26. it
permits farmers in the 33 counties
to apply tor emergency loans to
cover part ot their losses.
The 33 counties designated at
this time. Block said, clearly show
damage that is not recoverable
during this crop year.
Other counties for which disaster
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farm use.
For those farmers who sustained
qualifying losses, he said, an ac
tual loss loan can cover up to 90
percent of the dollar value of the
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loss of crops at an annual interest
rate of 5 percent.
Block said other emergency
related loans are available at
higher interest rates.
A crop production loss of at least
30 percent of normal yield per acre
or production per animal (in a
livestock operation) must be
caused by a natural disaster before
An area can be designated as
eligible for emergency’loans.
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