Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New and Expanded Access to Credit for America's Farmers and
date:May 24, 2012
vided 103,000 loans to family farmers totaling $14.6 billion, and under Secretary Vilsack's leadership, the department is expanding the availability of farm credit with a special focus on beginning farmers and ranchers, as well as socially disadvantaged producers:

Since 2008, the number of loans to beginning farmers and ranchers has climbed from 11,000 to 15,000. More than 40 percent of USDA's farm loans now go to beginning farmers;
Over 50 percent of the loans went to beginning and soc

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