Ag producers in 92 counties in Kansas are eligible for emergency credit

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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated seven more Kansas counties as primary natural disaster areas because of the drought. These are Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Wilson and Woodson counties.

They join 70 other counties who have already earned this title this year. Farmers and ranchers in these 70 counties and adjacent counties qualify emergency loan. Find your county in the table below.

The USDA uses the US Drought Monitor to see which counties have the most intense drought. The current US Drought Monitor map shows that every county in Kansas has cause for concern.

In the map below, deep red indicates areas of exceptional drought. It covers 33.42% of the state. The red, 24.84% of the state, indicates extreme drought. Orange means severe drought. It covers 21.05% of Kansas. Tan shows moderate drought in 13.25% of the state. And the yellow in north-central Kansas represents unusually dry. It covers 7.44% of the state. The US Drought Monitor uses white to indicate that there is no dryness or drought.

Click through the slideshow above to see the US Drought Monitor maps for last month, last year, five years ago, and 10 years ago.

The USDA Farm Service Agency’s emergency loans can be used for drought-response needs such as animal equipment, refinancing of certain debts, and restructuring.

In considering the loans, the FSA will consider the extent of the losses, the collateral available and an agricultural producer’s ability to repay.

The following table shows the dates when the USDA designated counties as primary natural disaster areas or as contiguous counties. The last column of the table represents the application deadline.

Primary natural disaster areas:

district Date set as the primary county Dates referred to as contiguous county application deadline
everyone 27 Oct 19 Sep May 8, 2023
Anderson 27 Oct May 8, 2023
Atchison
barber 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Barton 26th of April December 8, 2022
bourbon 27 Oct Aug 31, Sept 19 May 8, 2023
Brown
servant 27 Oct Apr 26, Oct 11, Oct 27 May 9, 2023
chase 27 Oct May 8, 2023
Chautauqua 26th of April 11 Oct April 24, 2023
Cherokee August 31st 26th of April April 3, 2023
cheyenne 26th of April December 8, 2022
Clear 26th of April December 8, 2022
volume April 28th December 19, 2022
Cloud April 28th December 19, 2022
Coffee 27 Oct May 8, 2023
Comanches 26th of April December 8, 2022
Cowley 26th of April Oct 11, Oct 27 May 8, 2023
Crawford August 31st April 26, Sept 19, Oct 27 May 8, 2023
Decatur 26th of April April 28th December 19, 2022
dickinson April 28th 1st of May December 22, 2022
Doniphan
Douglas
Edwards 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Moose 11 Oct April 26, October 27 May 8, 2023
Ellis 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Ellsworth 26th of April April 28, May 1 December 22, 2022
Finney 26th of April May 1st, May 24th January 6, 2023
ford 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Franklin
Geary April 28th December 19, 2022
Walk 1st of May April 26, May 24 January 6, 2023
Graham 1st of May 04/26, 04/28 December 22, 2022
Grant 26th of April December 8, 2022
Gray 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Greely 26th of April December 8, 2022
green wood Oct 11, Oct 27 May 8, 2023
Hamilton 26th of April December 8, 2022
harpers 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Harvey 27 Oct April 26, May 1, Oct 27 May 9, 2023
haskell 26th of April December 8, 2022
Hodgeman 1st of May 26th of April December 22, 2022
Jackson
jefferson
jewel 04/26, 04/28 December 19, 2022
Johnson
Kearny 26th of April December 8, 2022
king man 1st of May April 26, October 27 May 8, 2023
Kiowa 26th of April December 8, 2022
etiquette 26th of April Aug 31, Sept 19 April 10, 2023
roadway May 24th April 26, May 1 January 6, 2023
Leavenworth
Lincoln April 28th April 26, May 1 December 22, 2022
Lin 27 Oct May 8, 2023
logan April 26, May 1 December 22, 2022
Lyons
Marion April 28, May 1, Oct. 27, Oct. 27 May 9, 2023
marshal April 28th December 19, 2022
McPherson 1st of May April 26, April 28, October 27 May 9, 2023
meade 26th of April December 8, 2022
Miami
mitchell April 28th 26th of April December 19, 2022
Montgomery 26th of April Sept 19, Oct 11, Oct 27 May 8, 2023
Morris April 28th December 19, 2022
morton 26th of April December 8, 2022
Nemaha April 28th December 19, 2022
Neoscho 19 Sep April 26, August 31, October 27 May 8, 2023
whoa 1st of May April 26, May 24 January 6, 2023
Norton April 28, June 23 April 26, May 1 January 31, 2023
Osage
Osborne 26th of April April 28th December 19, 2022
Ottawa April 28th 1st of May December 22, 2022
deposit 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Phillips 23rd June April 26th, April 28th, May 1st January 31, 2023
Potawatomy April 28th December 19, 2022
Pratt 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Rawlins 26th of April December 8, 2022
Reno 26th of April May 1, Oct 27, Oct 27 May 9, 2023
republic April 28th December 19, 2022
rice 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Riley April 28th December 19, 2022
towers 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Hurry up 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
russell 26th of April April 28th December 19, 2022
saline solution 1st of May 04/26, 04/28 December 19, 2022
Scott 26th of April May 1st, May 24th January 6, 2023
sedwick 27 Oct April 26, May 1, Oct 27 May 9, 2023
Seward 26th of April December 8, 2022
shawnee
Sheridan 26th of April April 28, May 1 December 22, 2022
sherman 26th of April December 8, 2022
blacksmith 26th of April December 8, 2022
Stafford 26th of April December 8, 2022
Stanton 26th of April December 8, 2022
Stevens 26th of April December 8, 2022
Summer 26th of April May 1, Oct 27 May 8, 2023
Thomas 26th of April 1st of May December 22, 2022
Trego 1st of May 26th of April December 22, 2022
Wabaunsee April 28th December 19, 2022
Wallace 26th of April December 8, 2022
Washington April 28th December 19, 2022
wichita 26th of April December 8, 2022
Wilson 27 Oct April 26, Sept 19, Oct 11 May 8, 2023
woodson 27 Oct 19 Sep May 8, 2023
Wyandotte
Source: USDA

The 13 Kansas counties that have not yet qualified for natural disaster emergency loans because of drought are Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lyon, Miami, Osage, Shawnee and Wyandotte.


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