0560-AI33 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0560 Farm Service Agency FSA 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Direct Farm Ownership Loan (FO) Microloan (ML) Program

In January, 2016, FSA implemented a Direct Farm Ownership Microloan that will provide Farm Ownership loans of up to $50,000 that are expected to most benefit beginning farmers and farmers with small farms that have less traditional farm operations, and specialty crop producers seeking to purchase or enlarge relatively smaller plots of land, who are not typically FSA customers. The final rulemaking publication for this initiative will clarify the Direct Microloans, for borrowers with microloans for both operating loans and farm ownership loans.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 761 7 CFR 764 7 U.S.C. 1946 5 U.S.C. 301 7 U.S.C. 1989 7 U.S.C. 1998 No Final Rule 01/21/2016 81 FR 3289 Final Rule Effective 01/21/2016 Correction 02/29/2016 81 FR 10063 Final Rule Comment Period End 04/20/2016 Final Action 11/00/2016 No None No No No Deirdre Holder Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA 202 205-5851 deirdre.holder@usda.gov Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-0572