AFBF Delegates Address FSA Beginning Farmer Loans

South Dakota Farm Bureau was behind a resolution concerning FSA Beginning Farmer Loans during the American Farm Bureau Federation delegate session. With the current policy, farmers have ten years to apply for these loans based on their Schedule F tax form. “One of the things that hurts young farmers and ranchers is if they had an FFA project in high school or another project where they had to use a Schedule F, that’s counted against them on their ten-year window,” said Reid Jensen, vice president, SDFB. “The ten-year window should start after we actually start farming. not based on some project where you needed a Schedule F.” The South Dakota resolution is now part of the American Farm Bureau policy book.