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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1934 Low-income Farm Ownership Loan Program; Eligibility; Repayment Requirements

Title 7 › CHAPTER 50 — AGRICULTURAL CREDIT › SUBCHAPTER I — REAL ESTATE LOANS › § 1934

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make and insure loans for the purposes listed in section 1923(a) or paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1924(a). Loans can go to U.S. citizens who meet paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 1922, cannot get enough credit under section 1922 to meet their real needs, own or operate small or family farms (including new owners or operators), have low income, and need to increase their farm or ranch income. The Secretary can also lend to farm cooperatives, private domestic corporations or partnerships, or other legal entities run by farmers if all owners are U.S. citizens and meet paragraphs (2) through (6) above. Loans must be paid back in installments structured so payments are smaller at first and larger later.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1934

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to make and insure loans for any of the purposes referred to in section 1923(a) of this title, or paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1924(a) of this title, to farmers and ranchers in the United States who (1) are citizens of the United States, (2) meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 1922 of this title, (3) are unable to obtain sufficient credit under section 1922 of this title to finance their actual needs, (4) are owners or operators of small or family farms (including new owners or operators), (5) are farmers or ranchers with a low income, and (6) demonstrate a need to maximize their income from farming or ranching operations. The Secretary is also authorized to make such loans to any farm cooperative or private domestic corporation or partnership, or such other legal entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, that is controlled by farmers and ranchers and engaged primarily and directly in farming or ranching in the United States if all of its members, stockholders, partners, or owners, as applicable, are citizens of the United States and the entity and all such members, stockholders, partners, or owners meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) through (6) of the preceding sentence.
(b)Each loan made or insured under this section shall be repayable in such installments as the Secretary determines will provide for reduced payments during the initial repayment period of the loan and larger payments during the remainder of the repayment period of the loan.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79 inserted “, or such other legal entities as the Secretary considers appropriate,” after “partnership” and substituted “partners, or owners” for “or partners” in two places. 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “section 1923(a) of this title, or paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1924(a) of this title” for “paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1923(a) of this title, or subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 1924(a)(1) of this title”. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–552 substituted “1924(a)(1)” for “1924(d)(1)”. 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1923(a) of this title, or subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 1924(d)(1) of this title,” for “clauses (1) through (5) of section 1923(a) of this title”, substituted “paragraphs” for “clauses” before “(2) through (4) of section”, made technical amendment to reference to section 1922 of this title which required no change in text, and substituted “paragraphs” for “clauses” before “(2) through (6) of the”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment Pub. L. 102–552, title V, § 516(e)(2), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4137, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection [amending this section] shall take effect at the same time as the

Amendments

made by section 501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act

Amendments

of 1991 (Public Law 102–237; 105 Stat. 1865) [amending section 1924 of this title] took effect.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1934

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102