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Enhancing Program Access and Delivery for Farm Loans
The Farm Service Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 8, 2024. It took effect on September 25, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is amending the Farm Loan Programs (FLP) regulations to implement the Distressed Borrower Set- Aside (DBSA) Program and other changes. DBSA will provide a new loan servicing program for financially distressed borrowers that will allow for the deferral of one annual loan installment at a reduced interest rate. DBSA will provide a simpler option to resolve financial distress than existing loan servicing programs. In addition to helping borrowers by adding DBSA as a new loan servicing program, FSA is amending the FLP regulations to revise loan making and servicing to improve program access and delivery. This rule is part of FSA's ongoing efforts for farm loans to remove barriers to capital access and increase opportunities for borrowers to be successful.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-16828
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; with request for comment
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Farm Service Agency
- Published
- August 8, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 25, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: September 25, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FSA-2023-003
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0560-AI61
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 761; 7 CFR 762; 7 CFR 764; 7 CFR 765; 7 CFR 766; 7 CFR 768; 7 CFR 769; 7 CFR 770
- Topics
- Accounting; Agriculture; Credit; Loan programs-agriculture; Rural areas
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 44
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