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Young and underserved farmers tell Senate committee they lack access to credit, insurance and USDA support
Summary
First-generation and small-scale farmers described barriers to credit, low crop-insurance uptake and disruptions from a USDA funding freeze that, they said, is harming grants and local office services for beginning operators.
Young and underserved farmers and their advocates told the Senate Agriculture Committee that access to credit, relevant insurance products and timely USDA reimbursements remain major barriers to entry and stability.
Cedric Rowe, a first-generation organic peanut, hemp and vegetable grower from Albany, Georgia, said he did not inherit land and relied on the Farm Service Agency to purchase his first acreage. Rowe told senators he was denied an early microloan despite a…
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