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Emergency Loans

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

10.404

Program objective

FSA provides emergency loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. The emergency loan program is designed to assist farming operations by improving their financial viability which will allow them to return to private sources of credit as soon as possible.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2015

    The Agency estimates 357 Emergency loans being made in FY 2015. Through July 29, 2015 there were 115 loans made with a value of $12,278,000 $13,383,000 Average Loan Size: $108,000. Actual Direct EM loans made in FY 2015 were 124.

  2. 2016

    $50,000,000

    The Agency estimates 450 Emergency loans being made in FY 2016 for a total obligations estimated at $50,000,000.

  3. 2017

    $50,000,000

    The Agency estimates 450 Emergency loans being made in FY 2017 for a total obligations estimated at $50,000,000.

  4. 2023

    In 2023, 26 Emergency Loans were approved for 24 applicants for a total of $3,451,690.

  5. 2024

    In 2024, 39 Emergency Loans were approved for 36 applicants for a total of $8,457,380.

  6. 2025

    In 2025, 6 Emergency Loans have been approved for 5 applicants for a total of $423,400.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

7 CFR Parts 764; FSA Handbook 1- FLP. 2-FLP, 3-FLP & 1-APP. Farm Service Agency Fact Sheets; FSA Program Aids 1610 "Farm Service Agency Producer's Guide to Loan Programs"; FSA Program Aids 1620 "Lender's Guide to FSA Loan Programs; FSA Brochure FSA-BK-01 "Your Guide to FSA Farm Loans"; All information is available on FSA website at: www.fsa.usda.gov.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Individual/Family
  • Minority group

Additional resources