The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) is a former U.S. government agency, which was established in August 1946 to replace the Farm Security Administration. It superseded the Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression and operated until 2006. FmHA mission and programs involved extending credit for agriculture and rural development. Direct and guaranteed credit went to individual farmers, low-income families, and seniors in rural areas.
Loans were authorized for housing, farm improvement, water systems, and emergency relief. FmHA also gave loans and grants for rural development. The program resulted in increased African-American land ownership in the South; for instance, black landowners increased in number in Holmes County, Mississippi, during the 1940s. In 1960 there were still 800 black landowners in the county, who held 50% of the county land.
Between 1947 and 1994, the FmHA expanded the availability of credit and the size of loans. In its later years, the FmHA extended credit to individuals and communities for non-farm use. In 1994, the US Department of Agriculture was reorganized and the functions of FmHA were transferred to the Farm Service Agency. In 2006, the FmHA was fully terminated. Its housing and community programs were transferred to the newly formed USDA Rural Development.
Video Farmers Home Administration
See also
- Neal Sox Johnson
- James Vernon Smith
- Seelig Wise
Maps Farmers Home Administration
References
External links
- Records of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), NARA
- Rural Economic and Community Development Service
- United States. Farmers Home Administration. (1979). Overview - Farmers Home Administration. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
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