BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana’s agriculture department says farmers in 17 parishes may be eligible for federal disaster assistance because of rain and flooding late last year.
Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain announced Monday that the USDA designated the parishes as natural disaster areas because of excessive rainfall from Aug. 25 through Nov. 16.
Farmers in the parish could be eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency , if they meet certain criteria. They must apply within eight months for the assistance.
The parishes included in the disaster area are: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, Terrebonne and Vermilion.
Farmers in 18 adjacent parishes also might be eligible for the Farm Service Agency emergency loans.
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