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NEWS
DeSoto & Red River parishes designated as disaster areas
June 30, 2011
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared DeSoto and Red River Parishes as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by tornadoes that occurred on April 26 and 27.
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches and Sabine parishes were also declared disaster areas because they are contiguous to the primary disaster locations.
Strain said the disaster designation makes farm operators in the primary and contiguous parishes eligible for Farm Service Agency emergency loans and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program.
Farmers in the eligible parishes have eight months from the June 30 declaration date to apply for the emergency loan assistance.
Farm operators should contact their local FSA office for more information.
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