Primary Disaster Areas Designated By USDA
USDA has designated multiple counties in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming as primary natural disaster areas.
This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, these counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought - Severe for 8 or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought - Extreme or D4 Drought - Exceptional.
Impacted Area 2: North Dakota. Triggering Disaster 2: Drought. Application Deadline: 6/9/2025.
Primary Counties Eligible: Adams, Divide, Slope and Williams.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Montana: Fallon, Richland, Roosevelt and Sheridan; North Dakota: Billings, Bowman, Burke, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie, Mountrail, Sioux and Stark; South Dakota: Corson, Harding and Perkins.
Impacted Area 3: Montana. Triggering Disaster 3: Drought. Application Deadline: 6/16/2025.
Primary Counties Eligible: Big Horn, Fallon, Richland and Wibaux.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Montana: Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Mc-Cone, Powder River, Prairie, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Treasure and Yellowstone; North Dakota: Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and Williams; South Dakota: Harding; Wyoming: Big Horn and Sheridan.
Impacted Area 4: North Dakota. Triggering Disaster 4: Drought. Application Deadline: 6/16/2025.
Primary Counties Eligible: Billings, Golden Valley and McKenzie.
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Montana: Fallon, Richland, Roosevelt and Wibaux; North Dakota: Dunn, Mountrail, Slope, Stark and Williams.
