The Jefferson County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Ag-Credit has announced the availability of loan funding for Socially Disadvantaged (SDA) individuals who want to purchase or operate a family-size farm.
According to a spokesman, this financing is for people who have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender inequality without regard to their individual qualities. Members include women, African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Alaskan Natives.
This program provides direct and guaranteed assistance in the form of farm operating and farm ownership loans.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens with a satisfactory history of meeting credit obligations, have sufficient education, training or experience managing or operating a farm, possess legal capacity to incur debt, and be unable to obtain credit elsewhere.
Details: Visit the FSA Ag-Credit office located in Room 2603 at the federal building in Pine Bluff, 100 E. Eighth Ave., or call 534-3200, Ext. 2.