DEADLINE EXTENDED: HISPANIC AND WOMEN FARMERS AND RANCHERS CLAIMS MUST BE FILED BY MAY 1, 2013 (March 25, 2013)

Agricultores y Ganaderos Hispanos, y Mujeres Agricultoras y Ganaderas Deben Enviar Reclamaciones Antes del 1 de Mayo de 2013 (March 25, 2013)

FSA Targets Funds to minority, women and beginning farmers (March 22, 2013)

Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service Issue Burn Notice (March 14, 2013)

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CRP Emergency Haying and Grazing

Kansas Disaster Declarations

March Approved Loans

Operating Loans = 1.250%

Farm Ownership Loans = 3.250%

Farm Ownership Down Payment Loans = 1.5%

Youth Loans = 1.250%

Emergency Loans = 2.125%

March Approved Loans

7-year loan term = 1.375%

10-year loan term = 2.000%

12-year loan term = 2.250%

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Kansas State Farm Service Agency

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Manhattan, Kansas 66503

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Timothy Peterson (Chairperson)

Nicholas L. Bowser

Louise Ehmke

Sharon K. Karr

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