Farmers Home Administration
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In 1946 Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) replaced the Farm Security Administration
which superseded the Resettlement Administration
. Its mission and programs involved extending credit for agriculture and rural development. Direct and guaranteed credit went to individual farmers, low-income families, and seniors in rural areas. Loans were given for housing, farm improvement, water systems and emergency relief. It also gave loans and grants for rural development. Between 1947 and 1994 it expanded the availability of credit and size of loans. In the later years it extended credit to individuals and communities for non-farm use. In 1994, the USDA was reorganized and the functions of FmHA were transferred to the Farm Service Agency
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Farm Security Administration
Initially created as the Resettlement Administration in 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty...
which superseded the Resettlement Administration
Resettlement Administration
The Resettlement Administration was a U.S. federal agency that, between April 1935 and December 1936, relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government....
. Its mission and programs involved extending credit for agriculture and rural development. Direct and guaranteed credit went to individual farmers, low-income families, and seniors in rural areas. Loans were given for housing, farm improvement, water systems and emergency relief. It also gave loans and grants for rural development. Between 1947 and 1994 it expanded the availability of credit and size of loans. In the later years it extended credit to individuals and communities for non-farm use. In 1994, the USDA was reorganized and the functions of FmHA were transferred to the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency is the USDA agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service . The ASCS was, as the FSA is now, primarily tasked with the implementation of farm conservation and regulation laws around the country...
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