ISSUE 1080 EMERGENCY LOANS AVAILABLE FROM FARM SERVICE AGENCY Farm
Service
Agency
(FSA)
State
Executive
Director
Kevin
L.
Kelley
announced
Thursday
(September
8)
that
FSA
is
now
offering
federal
disaster
assistance
loans
to
eligible
family
farmers
in
the
following
counties:
Bay,
Broward,
Calhoun,
Collier,
Escambia,
Franklin,
Gulf,
Hendry,
Jackson,
Liberty,
Miami-Dade,
Monroe,
Okaloosa,
Palm
Beach,
Santa
Rosa,
Walton
and
Washington.
President
Bush
designated
these
counties
as
a
major
disaster
area
based
on
damages
and
losses
caused
by
Hurricane
Katrina
that
occurred
beginning
on
August
24,
2005.
Escambia,
Okaloosa,
Santa
Rosa,
and
Walton
growers
may
apply
at
either
934
North
Ferndon
Blvd,
Crestview,
FL
32536,
(850)
682-2416,
or
103
N.
Oklahoma
Street,
Bonifay,
FL
32425,
(850)
547-2850. Those
in
Bay,
Calhoun,
Franklin,
Gulf,
Jackson,
Liberty,
Washington
may
apply
at
2741
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
Suite
8,
Marianna,
FL
32448,
(850)
526-2610. Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach growers may apply at either 1450 N. Krome Avenue, Florida City, FL 33034, (305) 242-1197; 3434 Hancock Bridge Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33903, (239) 997-7331 or 750K South Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415 (561) 683-2285. For
additional
information,
visit
the
Resource
Library
link
at
www.ffva.com. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) |
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