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   Del.icio.us  Digg  facebook  MySpace  Twitter  Google  Bookmark Me  LinkedIn  StumbleUpon  Permalink   FAQ: I’ve heard USDA has increased the loan limits for Farm Service Agency loans to qualifying farmers. How much will FSA lend? On what types of loans? Answer: Provided by John Whitaker, state executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Iowa. [...]

WASHINGTON The mean age of the American farmer has been rising for decades and now is edging toward 60, as rural youth traded work in soil for work in offices. But even as interest in operating farms has returned, the next generation of food producers faces brutal economic hurdles to breaking impose a curfew. High [...]

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<!– Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com–> Report by Pravuprasad Routray; Bhubaneswar: Orissa government convert small term farm loan to medium term loan for flood victims. This was said by revenue and disaster management  minister S N Patro to media. The choice was taken at a stock taking meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik [...]

The government has tried to encourage younger public to participate in agriculture by easing access to credit. The USDA provides low-interest loans – currently 1.75 percent on operational costs and 4.25 percent on land buys – to new farmers through a special program. Even now, with farmers eligible for up to $600,000 in government loans, [...]

USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) California State Executive Director SED Val Dolcini announced that the loan limit for the Guaranteed Loan Program will increase to $1,214,000. The limit is adjusted annually based on the “Prices Paid to Farmers Index,” compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). “Raising the guaranteed loan limit will allow FSA [...]