The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has announced that 33 counties in Texas were declared a disaster on Sept. 10, 2018, due to damages and losses caused by severe storms from September 10, 2018, through Nov. 2, 2018. Under this designation, producers in any of the 33 primary disaster counties or any of the 69 contiguous disaster counties are eligible to apply for low interest emergency loans.
Among the Central Texas counties designated as primary disaster counties are Burnet, Llano and Travis. Hays is counted among the contiguous disaster counties, as are Blanco and Caldwell.
"The disaster designation is welcome relief to producers because it allows all qualified operators in primary and contiguous counties to apply for a low interest emergency (loan," said Katie Jolander, Farm Loan Officer.
