Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025
The Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025 provides financial relief to eligible farmers and ranchers who are struggling with loan payments. It offers a 2-year payment deferral on direct farm loans for covered producers (including limited resource, socially disadvantaged, beginning, and veteran farmers), extends loan maturity dates by 2 years, and sets interest rates at 0.125% during the deferral period. The bill also requires lenders to waive guarantee fees on loans for covered producers and makes several reforms to farm loan programs, including improved transparency in adverse decisions and new equitable relief options for farmers wrongly denied loans. These changes aim to make farm lending more accessible and fair for struggling agricultural producers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 6, 2025
Last action Nov 6, 2025
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1
Nov 6, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Nov 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Peter Welch
DDemocratic
Co
John Fetterman
DDemocratic
Co
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
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