USDA disaster declaration for Nebraska spring 2026 wildfires

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a primary disaster declaration for four Nebraska counties following spring wildfires. Affected farmers and rachers in those counties, as well as adjacent counties, have access to the USDA Farm Service Agency emergency farm loans program.

President Donald Trump included Arthur County as one of five counties under a requested federal disaster declaration. It was not included as a "primary" county in the U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster declaration but receives the same access to the USDA emergency loan program.
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