Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has designated five Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas.
Because of drought conditions, producers in Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence and Stone counties will be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency emergency loans. Producers in the surrounding 11 counties will also be eligible to apply for an emergency loan including two counties in Arkansas.
USDA said the natural disaster designation allows FSA to extend ‘much-needed credit’ to producers recovering from natural disaster.
