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SUNDAY'S CHILD
Sunday's Child "Christopher" 2/7/10
Just in time for the Winter Olympics, CBS 7’s Tatum Hubbard hit the ice with a very athletic 15-year-old for a little "speed skating."
Just in time for the Winter Olympics, CBS 7’s Tatum Hubbard hit the ice with a very athletic 15-year-old for a little "speed skating."
Emergency Farm Loan Applications Being Accepted 11/13/09
USDA News Release
November 13, 2009
West Texas – Applications for emergency farm loans for losses caused by drought, above-normal temperatures and associated wildfires are being accepted at the Farm Service Agency (FSA) office located in Fort Stockton, William H. McAnally said today.
Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Hudspeth, jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, reeves, Terrell, Ward and Winkler Counties are of the sixty nine counties in Texas recently named by Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas J. Vilsack, eligible for loans to cover part of actual production and/or physical losses resulting from the drought and high winds.
William McAnally said farmers may be eligible for loans of up to 100% of their actual losses or the operating loan needed to continue the agricultural business, whichever is less. For farmers unable to obtain credit from private commercial lenders, the interest rate is 3.75 percent.
“As a general rule, a farmer must have suffered at least a 30 percent loss of production to be eligible for an FSA emergency loan,” McAnally said. Farmers participating in the Federal Crop Insurance program will have to consider proceeds from those programs in determining their loss.
“Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until July 2, 2010 but farmers should apply as soon as possible. Delays in applying could create backlogs in processing, with possible delays into the new farming season,” McAnally said.
FSA is a credit agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is authorized to provide disaster emergency loans to recognized farmers who work at and rely on farming for a substantial part of their living. Eligibility is extended to individual farmers who meet U.S. citizenship requirements and to farming partnerships, corporations, or cooperatives in which U.S. citizenship requirements are met by individuals holding a majority interest.
The FSA office in Fort Stockton is open from 8:00 to 5:00, Monday through Friday. Additional information regarding Disaster Assistance Programs may be found online at disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
