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Loan · federalOfficial

USDA Section 502 Direct Home Loan

USDA Rural Development · Homestead, Personal / recreation

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Low- and very-low-income households buying or building a modest home in an eligible rural area.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

USDA Section 502 Guaranteed Loan

USDA Rural Development · Homestead, Personal / recreation

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Moderate-income buyers in eligible rural areas working through a participating lender.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

USDA Rural Housing Site Loans

USDA Rural Development · Subdividing, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Public or private nonprofit organizations buying and developing sites for low- and moderate-income families — not a typical consumer land loan.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

FSA Direct Farm Ownership Loan

USDA Farm Service Agency · Farm, Homestead, Invest / hold

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Family-sized farm operators who cannot obtain sufficient commercial credit.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

FSA Down Payment Farm Ownership Loan

USDA Farm Service Agency · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers buying a farm with a participating commercial lender.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

FSA Microloans

USDA Farm Service Agency · Farm, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Smaller operating or ownership needs with simplified paperwork.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · federalOfficial

FSA Guaranteed Farm Loans

USDA Farm Service Agency · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Farmers working through a commercial lender; FSA guarantees a percentage of the loan.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Cost-share · federalOfficial

EQIP — Environmental Quality Incentives Program

USDA NRCS · Farm, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Agricultural producers and owners of non-industrial private forest land who agree to implement conservation practices.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Cost-share · federalOfficial

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

USDA NRCS · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Producers already meeting a stewardship threshold who commit to additional conservation.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Grant · federalOfficial

ACEP Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

USDA NRCS · Farm, Invest / hold

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Landowners and eligible entities placing agricultural land or wetland easements.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Grant · federalOfficial

REAP Rural Energy for America Program

USDA Rural Development · Farm, Retreat, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Grant · federalOfficial

Value-Added Producer Grants

USDA Rural Development · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Independent producers, farmer co-ops, and producer groups planning or working on value-added products.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · TNOfficial

Tennessee Greenbelt (present-use valuation)

Tennessee Comptroller / county assessor · Farm, Homestead, Invest / hold, Personal / recreation

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Owners of qualifying agricultural, forest, or open-space land who apply with the county assessor and meet acreage / use tests.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · NCOfficial

North Carolina Present-Use Value

N.C. Department of Revenue / county assessor · Farm, Invest / hold, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Qualifying agricultural, horticultural, or forest land meeting size, income, and sound-management tests.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · CAOfficial

California Williamson Act (Land Conservation Act)

California Department of Conservation / participating counties · Farm, Invest / hold

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Owners who contract with a participating city or county to keep land in agricultural or open-space use for a rolling 10-year term (or similar).

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Grant · NYOfficial

New York Farmland Protection Programs

N.Y. Department of Agriculture and Markets · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Typically worked through local farmland-protection boards and land trusts to purchase development rights.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · VTOfficial

Vermont Use Value Appraisal (Current Use)

Vermont Department of Taxes · Farm, Invest / hold, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Enrolled agricultural and forest land meeting acreage and management-plan tests.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · OROfficial

Oregon Exclusive Farm Use / farm-use special assessment

Oregon Department of Revenue / counties · Farm, Invest / hold

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Land in an EFU zone or qualifying for farm-use special assessment based on actual farm use and income tests.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Loan · TXOfficial

Texas Agricultural Finance Authority beginning-farmer tools

Texas Department of Agriculture · Farm

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Programs and linked lending for agricultural producers, including beginning-farmer interest in some years.

Summary, not a decision or an award.

Tax / assessment · MEOfficial

Maine Tree Growth Tax Law

Maine Revenue Services · Invest / hold, Personal / recreation, Homestead

Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award. Unknown is not a flood call. SAMPLE — not live GIS.

Parcels of qualifying forest land (acreage minimums apply) with a forest-management plan.

Summary, not a decision or an award.