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USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes direct loans to family-size farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank, Farm Credit System institution, or other lender. Loans help farmers and ranchers become owner-operators of family farms, improve and expand current operations, and promote soil and water conservation and protection.Support Type:
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Repayment terms and interest rates vary according to the type of loan made, the collateral securing the loan, and the applicant's ability to repay. The interest rates for direct loans are adjusted periodically based on the Federal Government's cost of borrowing. A lower interest rate may be available for producers with limited resources. Loans to limited resource producers are reviewed periodically to adjust the interest rate based on repayment ability.Funding Range:
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Land must be privately owned, and applicants must be in compliance with highly erodible land and wetland policies.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
