USDA Designates an Additional 24 Virginia Localities as Drought Disaster Areas
Farmers in designated disaster areas have eight months to apply for emergency assistance
Richmond, Va.— Virginia 另外 24 个地区已被美国农业部（USDA）部长布鲁克·罗林斯指定为干旱灾害。阿默斯特、阿波马托克斯、白金汉、坎贝尔、夏洛特、亨利、纳尔逊、皮茨瓦尼亚和萨塞克斯等主要指定县的农民有资格被考虑获得USDA农业服务局（FSA）的某些援助。Albemarle, Augusta, Bedford, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Franklin, Greensville, Halifax, 卢嫩伯格, Mecklenburg, Patrick, Prince Edward, Prince George, Rockbridge, Scott, Southampton, and Surry counties, and the cities of Bristol, Danville, Lynchburg, and Martinsville are also eligible for FSA drought emergency assistance as they are contiguous to primary drought designated localities in Virginia and Tennessee.
据美国干旱监测网(http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu) 报道、这些地方在生长季节的干旱强度值为1) D2 Drought-Severe 连续八周或八周以上或2) D3 Drought-Extreme 或 D4 Drought-Exceptional。
干旱灾难援助包括FSA紧急贷款。只要符合资格要求，FSA将单独评估每份紧急贷款申请，以考虑具体情况和需求。符合条件的地方的农民可在灾害宣布之日起 8 个月内申请紧急贷款。
The counties of Arlington, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Franklin, Grayson, Greensville, Halifax, Isle of Wight, King George, Loudoun, Lunenberg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Pittsylvania, Prince William, Southampton, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Washington, and Westmoreland, and the cities of Alexandria, Emporia and Suffolk had previously received drought disaster designations.这些地区的农民应联系当地的USDA FSA办公室以获取更多信息并核实其确切的申请日期，因为在浏览多个名称时，申请规则可能很复杂。
有关可用援助计划和申请流程的更多信息，请访问 Virginia FSA 州办公室网站 https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/virginia。