The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as a primary natural disaster area because of the winter storm and ice from Feb. 15-21.
Producers in Rapides and the seven parishes that touch it are eligible to apply for emergency loans through the Farm Service Administration. The surrounding parishes are Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches and Vernon.
“Many producers in this area were hit by multiple hurricanes last year only to have further losses from the winter storm in February,” Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said in a news release Monday. “Emergency assistance is essential to help producers recover and stay in business.”
Strain said producers may contact their local FSA office for more information on eligibility requirements and application procedures. Additional information is also online at farmers.gov/recover.
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