Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 1/26/17

Loans remain some of the most important tools farmers can access to start, grow, or maintain their farming business and deal with agricultural, economic and government-based instability along the way. Recognizing the importance of financing for land and operating capital, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers two critical loan programs to meet the credit needs of farmers. In this post, we have compiled a year’s worth of overview and analysis of the FSA loan program in order to better understand demand and usage.

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