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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Smaller operating or ownership needs with simplified paperwork.
Summary, not a decision or an award.
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FSA Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency · Farm
Opens the official page in a new tab. Not an award.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Parcels of qualifying forest land (acreage minimums apply) with a forest-management plan.
Summary, not a decision or an award.