On January 10, 2005, then USDA Secretary Veneman designated several counties in Colorado eligible for Farm Service Agency emergency loans due to production losses. Those losses were a result of drought, hail and freezing temperatures that occurred at various times in 2004. The designation makes all qualified family-sized farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA-Farm Service Agency.

Farmers/Ranchers in Daggett and Uintah counties can apply for an emergency loan to cover part of their actual losses and must apply by September 12, 2005. To be eligible, producers must have suffered a 30 percent loss of normal production, be able to repay the loan and other existing debt, be unable to get credit elsewhere, have adequate security, and must have obtained multi-peril crop insurance or have signed an insurance waiver. Each application will be considered on its own merit.

Contact your local USDA-FSA office for more information.