USDA designates 17 Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas, including Rock

This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.
Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, several western and southwestern counties in Minnesota suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2 Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or 2) D3 Drought-Extreme or D4 Drought-Exceptional.
•Impacted area: Minnesota.
•Triggering disaster: drought.
•Application deadline: April 11, 2022.
•Primary counties eligible: Chippewa, Faribault, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Meeker, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sherburne, Wright, Yellow Medicine.