Tarrant County farmers eligible for disaster aid
Tarrant County farmers are eligible to apply for low-interest
emergency loans from flooding that occurred on Sept. 1, 2019.
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture declared 13 Texas counties as
primary natural disaster areas. Ellis County, which is adjacent to
Tarrant County, was one of those 13 counties.
Tarrant
County is one of 45 Texas counties that qualified by being contiguous
to one of the primary natural disaster areas.
Under the
United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency program,
farmers can apply for emergency loans to help recover from production
and physical losses.
Applications will be received
through May 16, 2020.
Small businesses that are dependent
on farmers and ranchers are also eligible for low-interest federal
disaster loans through the Small Business Administration.
For more information, visit your local USDA service center or go to
the following website www.farmers.gov/recover .
News release date: October 09, 2019
