{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-announces-usda-agricultural-disaster-designation-status-for-three-northwest-ohio-counties", "Brown Announces USDA Agricultural Disaster Designation Status for Three Northwest Ohio Counties", "2014-12-10", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Sherrod Brown", "B000944", "www.brown.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Agricultural Producers in Fulton, Lucas, and Williams Counties are Eligible for Assistance Including Emergency Loans through the USDA\u2019s Farm Service Agency\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWednesday, December 10, 2014\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Fulton, Lucas, and Williams Counties as natural disaster areas after they experienced freezing weather conditions between January 1, 2014 and May 17, 2014. With this disaster designation, agricultural producers in these counties are eligible to be considered for assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), including emergency loans. Eligible farmers have eight months from the date of the official disaster declaration to apply for emergency loans and can receive guidance in applying for these loans from their local FSA office.\r\n\u201cOhio producers whose livelihoods are threatened by no fault of their own rely on the Farm Service Agency\u2019s emergency loan program to manage risk on their farms and continue to provide a reliable food supply for Ohio and the world,\u201d said Brown. \u201cThis federal assistance will help producers in Fulton, Lucas, and Williams Counties rebuild and get back on their feet.\u201d\r\nBrown is the first Ohioan to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee in more than 40 years. In 2014, he was part of the Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee that successfully negotiated a five-year farm bill that had been stalled for more than three years.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPress Contact\n\t\t\t\t\tMeghan Dubyak/Lauren Kulik\r\n(202) 224-3978", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-announces-usda-agricultural-disaster-designation-status-for-three-northwest-ohio-counties"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.989424228668213, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}