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Aid for farmers with crop loss - Guest - 08-15-2014 Information comes from office of Rep. Mark Nakashima: quote:I read in Richard Ha's newsletter that the papaya orchards were hit hard, and I am so sad for the farmers. The farmers who were vandalized had just gotten their first subsequent crop poised for harvest, and it was ruined. [ ![]() RE: Aid for farmers with crop loss - lavalava - 08-15-2014 Those had better be zero interest loans but I have a feeling that they are not. RE: Aid for farmers with crop loss - The_Saints - 08-15-2014 quote: You're right, they're not. From http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/agl/ "The State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Loan Division administers the Agricultural Loan Program and the Aquaculture Loan Program. The intent of the programs is to help promote agricultural and aquacultural development of the State by providing credit at reasonable rates and terms to qualifying individuals or entities. Through the establishment of a revolving loan fund, credit is made available by supplementing private lender sector loan funds or by providing direct funding. Considered a “lender of last resort”, the program is not intended to compete with private sector lenders...." |