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NINETEEN COUNTIES AND THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION IN WYOMING ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS       WASHINGTON, November 5, 2001-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today named 19 counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming as eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses caused by drought, dangerous fire conditions, and wildfires that occurred earlier this year.      Big Horn, Campbell, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, and Washakie Counties were named as primary disaster areas on November 1, 2001.  Also eligible because they are contiguous, are Albany, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Teton, Uinta, and Weston Counties.      This designation makes all qualified farm operators in primary and contiguous disaster counties eligible for low-interest EM loans from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met.  Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of this declaration to apply for the loans to help cover part of their actual losses.  FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.      FSA has a variety of programs available, in addition to the emergency loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.  Interested farmers may contact their local FSA offices for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures.  Additional information is also available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/disaster/assistance1.htm                           # NOTE: FSA news releases and media advisories are available on the World Wide Web at FSA's Home Page: http://www.fsa.usda.gov