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Government of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Loan guarantee for farmers
Helps farmers and agricultural businesses get loans to buy land or improve buildings. Offers up to $500,000 for land and construction, or $350,000 for other needs.
A loan guarantee program that increases the availability of loans to farmers and agricultural co-operatives. The federal government guarantees 95% of a net loss on eligible loans, allowing farmers to establish, improve, and develop farms, and co-operatives to process, distribute, or market farm products.
Business Size: small
Industries: agriculture, farming
Region: Canada
Other Criteria: Existing farmer, Beginning farmer (less than 6 years of farming), Start-up agribusiness farmer, Farmer taking over the family farm, Part-time farmer, Agricultural co-operatives with a majority (50% + 1) farmer membership, Farmer definition: individual, partnership, corporation, or co-operative association engaged in or intending to engage in farming in Canada, Farming definition: production of field-grown/horticultural crops, raising livestock/poultry/fur-bearing animals, production of eggs/milk/honey/maple syrup/tobacco/fibres/wood from woodlots/fodder crops, or other prescribed animals/things, Loan purposes must be eligible under the Act, including purchase of land, construction/improvement of buildings, purchase of tools/implements/machinery, purchase of livestock, building fencing/drainage, planting trees, consolidation/refinancing loans, inter-generational farm transfers, cannabis production, vertical farming, leasehold/land improvements, For real property loans, borrower must own the property or have a leasehold interest extending at least 2 years beyond the loan's repayment term (for tenant farmers with distinct land base)
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