12/22/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/22/2025 08:28
This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) 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.
Impacted Area: Texas
Triggering Disaster #1: Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding occurring July 2, 2025, through July 18, 2025
Application Deadline: March 16, 2026
Primary Counties Eligible: Coke and Concho
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Coleman, McCulloch, Menard, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, and Tom Green
Triggering Disaster #2: Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding occurring July 2, 2025, through July 18, 2025
Application Deadline: March 18, 2026
Primary Counties Eligible: Hamilton
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas, and Mills
Triggering Disaster #3: Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding occurring July 2, 2025, through July 18, 2025
Application Deadline: March 30, 2026
Primary Counties Eligible: Edwards, Guadalupe, Lampasas, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, and Sutton
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
| Bandera | Bell | Bexar | Burnet | Caldwell |
| Comal | Concho | Coryell | Crockett | Culberson |
| Gonzales | Hamilton | Hays | Irion | Jeff Davis |
| Kerr | Kimble | Kinney | Loving | Menard |
| Mills | Pecos | San Saba | Tom Green | Uvalde |
| Val Verde | Ward | Wilson |
New Mexico: Eddy
Triggering Disaster #4: Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding occurring July 2, 2025, through July 18, 2025
Application Deadline: April 20, 2026
Primary Counties Eligible: Uvalde
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Bandera, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Real, and Zavala
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.
FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.