S 2890 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2023

This bill increases loan limits for farmers under the Farm Service Agency (FSA). It raises the maximum farm ownership loan limit from $600,000 to $850,000 (and guaranteed loans from $1.75 million to $3 million), and the operating loan limit from $400,000 to $750,000 (and guaranteed loans from $1.75 million to $2.6 million). It also doubles the microloan cap from $50,000 to $100,000 and creates a new program allowing distressed farm loans to be refinanced into direct FSA loans if borrowers can demonstrate a "reasonable chance of success" for their operation. These changes directly affect farmers and ranchers seeking FSA loans, particularly beginning farmers and those with struggling operations.
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Introduced Sep 21, 2023 Last action Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Sep 21, 2023
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