Disaster Relief
June Flood Information for Farmers
Treasurer's Agricultural Loan Program
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock re-established the Treasurer's Agricultural Loan Program (TALP) to provide assistance to Hoosier livestock farmers that raise beef and dairy cattle, sheep, and goats.
For more information on TALP and for an application click here.
USDA Farm Service Agency Hay Net
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has developed this web site for producers to post free listings of hay for sale and persons needing to purchase hay.
To visit the web site click here.
USDA Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance Programs
FSA provides assistance for natural disaster losses, resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities. Governor Daniels has requested drought designation for most Indiana counties. The request is currently under review by U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For more information on FSA programs click here.
Current County Eligibility
On August 14, 2008, USDA Secretary Schafer declared disaster designation for Indiana counties due to losses caused by hail that occurred on June 21 and June 22, 2008. The counties eligible for relief are:
Primary Counties: Jasper,White and Whitley
Contiguous Counties: Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Huntington, Kosciusko, La Porte, Lake, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, Starke, Tippecanoe and Wabash
On May 19, 2008, President Bush declared a major disaster in Kentucky due to severe storms. As a result of the disaster, two contiguous counties in Indiana were declared eligible for federal disaster assistance. The counties are:
Perry and Spencer.
On April 4, 2008, a quarantine disaster was declared in Michigan due to damage and losses by a quarantine caused by the Emerald Ash Borer. As a result of the disaster, 5 contiguous counties in Indiana were declared eligible for natural disaster assistance. The counties are:
Elkhart, LaPorte, LaGrange, St. Joseph and Steuben.
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M1747
Severe storms and flooding that occurred in Illinois and surrounding areas from January 7, 2008 and continuing have been designated a disaster. Two Indiana contiguous counties were declared eligible:
Contiguous Counties: Benton, Newton
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M1746
Severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding conditions that occurred in Kentucky and surrounding areas from February 5, 2008 through February 6, 2008 have been designated a disaster. Three Indiana contiguous counties were declared eligible:
Contiguous Counties: Crawford, Harrison, Perry
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M1740
Severe storms and flooding in Indiana from January 7, 2008 and continuing have been designated a disaster. Nine primary counties and 17 contiguous counties are eligible:
Primary Counties: Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Marshall, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, White
Contiguous Counties: Benton, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Kosciusko, LaPorte, LaGrange, Lake, Miami, Montgomery, Newton, Noble, Porter, St. Joseph, Starke, Wabash, Warren
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M1740, Amendment 1
On February 21, 2008, Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M1740 was amended to include additional counties. The additional primary and contiguous counties are listed below:
Primary Counties: Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Lake, Newton, Noble, St. Joseph, Starke, Whitley
Contiguous Counties: Adams, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Jasper, Lagrange, Marshall, Porter, Pulaski, Steuben, Tippecanoe,Wabash, Warren, Wells, White
Secretarial Natural Disaster Determination S2661
Drought conditions in Illinois from April 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 have been designated as a disaster. Eight contiguous counties in Indiana are eligible:
Benton, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Gibson, Posey, Vermillion, Warren
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted Governor Mitch Daniels’ request for disaster designation for 74 Indiana counties due to extended drought conditions from June through October 2007. The designation was sought because the extreme dry weather caused damage to one or more crops. The disaster designation makes farmers eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).
USDA determined the following 74 counties received sufficient production losses to warrant primary disaster designation:
Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, DeKalb, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott Shelby, Spencer, Steuben, Sullivan, Switzerland, Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells and Whitley
The following 10 counties are named as contiguous disaster counties:
Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Pulaski St. Joseph, Starke and Warren
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Farm Service Agency emergency fiscal loss loans are available in one primary Indiana county due to losses caused by tornado, high winds and hail that occurred on October 18, 2007.
The following county suffered sufficient losses to warrant primary disaster designation:
Elkhart
The following counties are named as contiguous disaster counties:
Kosciusko, Lagrange, Marshall, Noble and St. Joseph
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Presidential Major Disater Declaration M1732Eligible County: Lake
Disaster: Severe Storms and Flooding
USDA Acting Secretary Chuck Conner has declared disasters in Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. As a result, Indiana has contiguous counties adjacent to those states that are also eligible for relief. The following outlines the type of disaster and specifies the eligible Indiana counties.
State: Illinois
Disaster: Severe storms and flooding
Eligible Counties: Lake
State: Kentucky
Disaster: Drought conditions and higher than normal temperatures
Eligible Counties: Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Switzerland, Vanderburgh and Warrick
State: Michigan
Disaster: Drought
Eligible Counties: Elkhart, LaPorte, LaGrange, St. Joseph and Steuben
State: Michigan
Disaster: Several frost and freeze events
Eligible Counties: Elkhart, LaPorte, St. Joseph and Steuben
State: Michigan
Disaster: Tornadoes, hail, excessive rain and high winds
Eligible Counties: Elkhart, LaPorte, LaGrange and St. Joesph
State: Ohio
Disaster: Drought, extreme heat conditions
Eligibe Counties: Adams, Allen, Dearborn, DeKalb, Franklin, Jay, Randolph, Steuben, Union and Wayne
Features
- Disaster Relief Information
- Governor Daniels' Property Tax Plan and Agriculture
- 2008 Indiana Farmers’ Market, U-Pick and Agritourism Directory
- Indiana's Vision for Conservation
- Indiana Land Resources Council Model Ordinances
- We All Live Downstream Event Schedule
- Conservation Photo Contest
- 2008 State Fair
