Agricultural Disaster Designations & Declarations in Missouri

For all disaster designation and declaration assistance, contact the Missouri State Farm Service Agency (FSA) Office at (573) 876-0980 or your local county FSA office.

April 19, 2018

Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1327
Counties – Butler, Dunklin and Ripley
Action – Effective April 18, 2018, due to the Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1327 in Arkansas, three Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, high winds and tornadoes which occurred January 21, 2018, and continuing.

March 12, 2018

Secretarial Disaster Designation S4278
Counties – Barry, Butler, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, Stone and Taney
Action – Effective March 8, 2018, due to the secretarial disaster declaration S4278 in Arkansas, nine Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to drought which occurred Nov. 07, 2017.

March 8, 2018

Secretarial Disaster Designation
Counties – Butler, Franklin, Lincoln, Maries, St. Charles, Warren, Webster, Wright
Action – Due to the secretarial disaster declaration, eight Missouri counties have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary counties and those counties contiguous to such primary counties eligible to be considered for certain assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. This assistance includes FSA emergency loans. Farmers in eligible counties have 8 months from the date of a Secretarial disaster declaration to apply for emergency loans. FSA considers each emergency loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of production losses on the farm and the security and repayment ability of the operator.

November 13, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4347
Counties – Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte
Action – Effective November 7, 2017, due to the Presidential major disaster declaration M4347 in Kansas, four Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding which occurred July 22-27, 2017.

October 2, 2017

Secretarial Disaster Designation S4225
Counties – Putnam and Schuyler
Action – Effective September 29, 2017, due to the secretarial disaster designation S4225 in Iowa, two Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to drought which occurred July 25, 2017, and continuing.

September 6, 2017

Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1305
Counties – Atchison, Nodaway and Worth
Action – Effective September 1, 2017, due to the Administrator's Physical Loss Notification NI305 in Iowa, three Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for Severe Physical Loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to flooding, hail, high winds, lightning and tornadoes which occurred June 28, 2017.

August 29, 2017

Secretarial Disaster Declaration S4209
Counties – Harrison, Mercer and Putnam
Action – Effective August 25, 2017, due to the Secretarial disaster declaration S4209 in Iowa, three Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to drought which occurred August 15, 2017.

August 24, 2017

Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1300 (Arkansas)
Counties – Ozark and Taney
Action – Effective August 18, 2017, due to the Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1300 in Arkansas, two Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to hail, high winds and a tornado which occurred May 11, 2017, thru June 23, 2017.

July 31, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4324
Counties – McDonald
Action – Effective July 25, 2017, due to the Presidential disaster declaration M4324 in Oklahoma, one Missouri county has been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding which occurred May 16-20, 2017.

July 13, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4317, Amendments 1 & 2
Counties – Amendment 1: Greene, Ste. Genevieve, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Jefferson, Lawrence, Perry, Polk, St. Francois and Webster. Amendment 2: Boone, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid and Scott. Audrain, Bollinger, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Dunklin, Howard, Moniteau, Pemiscot, Perry, Randolph and Stoddard.
Action – Effective July 13, 2017, due to the Presidential disaster declaration M4317, Amendments 1 & 2 in Missouri, 28 Missouri counties have been designated as natural disasters for physical and/or production loss loan assistance. This action made Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loan assistance available due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding which occurred April 28, 2017 to May 11, 2017.

July 6, 2017

Secretarial Disaster Declaration S4192
Counties – Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jasper, Jefferson, Laclede, Madison, Maries, Miller, Montgomery, Osage, Pemiscot, Phelps, Pulaski, Ripley, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Stoddard and Wayne.
Contiguous counties - Audrain, Barton, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cole, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Lawrence, Lincoln, Moniteau, Morgan, New Madrid, Newton, Oregon, Perry, Pike, Reynolds, St. Charles, St. Francois, Scott, Texas, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wright and St. Louis City.
Action – FSA emergency loan assistance is available due to rainfall and flooding that occurred from April 24 through May 11, 2017.

June 20, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4319
Counties – Barton, Jasper, Newton and Vernon.
Action – FSA emergency loan assistance is available due to severe winter storm, snowstorm, straight-line winds and flooding which occurred April 28, 2017, to May 3, 2017.

June 19, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4318
Counties – Barry, Butler, Dunklin, Howell, McDonald, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Ripley, Stone and Taney.
Action – FSA emergency loan assistance is available due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line-winds and flooding which occurred April 26, 2017, to May 19, 2017.

June 2, 2017

Presidential Major Disaster Designation
Counties – Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian, Cole, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell, Iron, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Madison, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Louis, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Washington, Wayne, Webster and Wright.
Action – FSA emergency loan assistance is available due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding which occurred April 28, 2017, to May 11, 2017.

May 30, 2017

Secretarial Disaster Designation
Counties – Barry, Butler, Dunklin, Oregon, Pemiscot, Ripley, Stone and Taney
Action – FSA emergency loan assistance is available due to losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds and lightning which occurred April 1, 2017, and continuing.