Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Louisiana Producers Affected by Natural Disasters

Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees and harvested or stored crops and hay.

State: Mississippi

Triggering Disaster Event 1: Tornado, high winds, lightning, and excessive rain that occurred March 22, 2022

Application Deadline: Jan. 13, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible:

Attala

Hinds

Madison

Harrison

Holmes

Pearl River


Contiguous Areas also Eligible
:

Mississippi:

Carroll

Humphreys

Marion

Simpson

Choctaw

Jackson

Montgomery

Stone

Claiborne

Lamar

Neshoba

Warren

Copiah

Leake

Rankin

Winston

Forrest

Leflore

Scott

Yazoo

Hancock

 

 

 

 

Louisiana: St. Tammany and Washington

Triggering Disaster Event 2:  Tornado that occurred on April 5, 2022.

Application Deadline: Jan. 13, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: Covington

Contiguous Areas also Eligible:

Mississippi:

Forrest

Jones

Simpson

Jefferson Davis

Lamar

Smith


Triggering Disaster Event 3:
  Tornado and high winds that occurred April 17, 2022.

Application Deadline: Jan. 13, 2023

Primary Counties Eligible: Wilkinson

Contiguous Areas also Eligible:

Mississippi: Adams, Amite and Franklin

Louisiana: Concordia, East Feliciana and West Feliciana


More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery ToolDisaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local  USDA Service Center.

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