by MBJ Staff Published: May 16,2012
Tags: banking, Banks, disaster recovery, disasters, drought, dry, federal agency, financial institutions, heat, loans, losses, natural disasters, severe weather, small businesses, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that June 14 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Mississippi as a result of the drought and excessive heat that occurred [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An early strawberry season delights consumers, but growers must keep an eye on this spring’s fickle weather to protect their delicate and valuable crop. “The strawberry crop has come into production two weeks earlier than normal,” said Wayne Porter, a Mississippi State University Extension Service agent in Lauderdale County who specializes in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 12,2012
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, disaster, disaster declaration, disaster recovery, drought, financial institutions, heat, loans, natural disaster, small businesses
BENTON COUNTY and MARSHALL COUNTY — The U.S. Small Business Administration’s economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Benton and Marshall counties in Mississippi as a result of drought and excessive heat that occurred from [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 26,2011
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, disaster, disaster loans, disaster recovery, drought, financial institutions, heat, loans, natural disaster, severe weather, small businesses, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration’s economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Mississippi as a result of drought and excessive heat that occurred from Jan. 1 – Aug. 30, 2011. “When the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farms, flooding, floods, hail, heat, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Mississippi as agricultural disaster areas for 2011. The USDA says its declaration is based on combined effects of severe storms, tornadoes, severe spring flooding, Tropical Storm Lee, widespread drought and excessive heat since Jan. 1. The declaration means farmers who lost money [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 7,2011
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, disaster, disaster loans, disaster recovery, drought, emergency loans, financial institutions, heat, loans, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — U.S. Small Business Administration economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in George, Greene and Jackson counties in Mississippi as a result of the drought that began April 1. Under this declaration, the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 30,2011
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, financial institutions, heat, loans, natural disaster, severe weather, small businesses, Weather
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses that Oct. 17 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in the counties of DeSoto and Marshall in Mississippi. The SBA declared a disaster because of the drought and excess heat that began on June 1, 2010. The SBA’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: disaster recovery, drought, hail, heat, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, small businesses, tornadoes, Weather, winds
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Small, non-farm businesses in six Delta counties in Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the combined effects of hail, high winds, flooding, widespread drought and excessive heat that began April [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s cotton has overcome one hurdle after another all season, and fall weather is all that stands between respectable yields and the finish line. Darrin Dodds, cotton specialist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said “challenging” is the one word that sums up the 2011 cotton crop. “It has been a year [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 9,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farms, heat, natural disaster, rains, ranchers, ranches, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, winds
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated the entire State of Arkansas, which includes 75 counties, as a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by the combined effects of hail, high winds, flooding, widespread drought and excessive heat that began April 1 and continues. Farmers and ranchers in the following [...] [...]
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