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MDA’s Rural Finance Authority Offering Several Loan Programs With Low Interest Rates

MDA’s Rural Finance Authority Offering Several Loan Programs With Low Interest Rates

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The Minnesota Agriculture Department’s Rural Finance Authority is offering several loan programs containing low interest rates. State Ag Commissioner Thom Petersen says rates vary from 2 percent to 4 percent.

He says for those producers hit by the pandemic they have a really good loan program available they should check out.

Petersen says their five RFA loan programs cover a variety of agricultural needs.

To Date, over $270 million has been loaned out by RFA with over 29,000 people participating. Petersen says state lawmakers replenished RFA’s funding by allocating $50 million.

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