Beginning Farmers
Supporting new farmers as they grow their future.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to have bought this farm with the assistance of the Beginning Farmer Loan Program. It’s the initial step towards realizing my dream of establishing a cattle confinement for a cow/calf operation.
Beginning Farmer
Lowering the barrier for entry is important for the future of farming. My cousin and I were able to purchase about 100 acres through the Beginning Farmer Loan Program. It’s an awesome feeling to be a landowner at such a young age.
Beginning Farmer
I’m thankful that my lender told me about the Beginning Farmer Loan Program. The low interest rate offered through the program has allowed me to fulfill my goal of purchasing land and building equity that I can pass down to my children and grandchildren.
Beginning Farmer
2023 State Investments
Beginning Farmer Loan Program
beginning farmers assisted
Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
landowners provided incentives for working with beginning farmers
Land Purchased
number of acres purchased by beginning farmers
Investment Breakdown
- Adair
- Adams
- ADAMS COUNTY
- Allamakee
- ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
- Appanoose
- APPANOOSE COUNTY
- Audubon
- Benton
- Black Hawk
- Black Hawk, Bremer
- Boone
- Boone, Polk
- Bremer
- Bremer, Butler
- Buchanan
- Buena Vista
- BUENA VISTA COUNTY
- Buena Vista, Cherokee
- Butler
- Calhoun
- Carroll
- CARROLL COUNTY
- Carroll, Greene, Guthrie
- Cass
- CASS COUNTY
- Cedar
- CEDAR COUNTY
- Cerro Gordo
- Cherokee
- Chickasaw
- Chickasaw, Fayette
- Clarke
- CLARKE COUNTY
- Clay
- Clayton
- CLAYTON COUNTY
- Clinton
- Crawford
- CRAWFORD COUNTY
- Dallas
- DALLAS COUNTY
- Dallas/Polk
- Davis
- DAVIS COUNTY
- Decatur
- Delaware
- DELAWARE COUNTY
- Des Moines
- DES MOINES COUNTY
- Dickinson
- DICKINSON COUNTY
- Dubuque
- DUBUQUE COUNTY
- Emmet
- Emmett
- Fayette
- FAYETTE COUNTY
- Floyd
- FLOYD COUNTY
- Franklin
- Fremont
- Greene
- Grundy
- Guthrie
- GUTHRIE COUNTY
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardin
- HARDIN COUNTY
- Harrison
- Harrison, Shelby
- Henry
- HENRY COUNTY
- Howard
- HOWARD COUNTY
- Humboldt
- Humboldt, Hamilton
- Ida
- Iowa
- IOWA COUNTY
- Iowa, Keokuk
- Jackson
- JACKSON COUNTY
- Jasper
- JASPER COUNTY
- Jefferson
- JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Johnson
- JOHNSON COUNTY
- Jones
- JONES COUNTY
- Keokuk
- KEOKUK COUNTY
- Kossuth
- Kossuth, Hancock
- Lee
- LEE COUNTY
- Linn
- LINN COUNTY
- Louisa
- LOUISA COUNTY
- Lucas
- LUCAS COUNTY
- Lyon
- Madison
- MADISON COUNTY
- Mahaska
- MAHASKA COUNTY
- Marion
- MARION COUNTY
- Marshall
- MARSHALL COUNTY
- Marshalltown
- Mills
- MILLS COUNTY
- Mitchell
- Monona
- Monroe
- MONROE COUNTY
- Montgomery
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- Muscatine
- MUSCATINE COUNTY
- O’brien
- OBRIEN COUNTY
- Osceola
- Page
- PAGE COUNTY
- Palo Alto
- PALO ALTO COUNTY
- Plymouth
- Pocahontas
- POCAHONTAS COUNTY
- Polk
- POLK COUNTY
- Polk, Story
- Pottawattamie
- POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY
- Pottawattamime
- Poweshiek
- Ringgold
- RINGGOLD COUNTY
- Sac
- Scott
- Shelby
- Sioux
- Story
- Tama
- Taylor
- TAYLOR COUNTY
- Union
- UNION COUNTY
- Van Buren
- VAN BUREN COUNTY
- Wapello
- WAPELLO COUNTY
- Warren
- Washington
- WASHINGTON COUNTY
- Wayne
- WAYNE COUNTY
- Webster
- Winnebago
- Winneshiek
- WINNESHIEK COUNTY
- Woodbury
- WOODBURY COUNTY
- Woodbury, Monona
- Worth
- Worth, Mitchell
- Wright
- WRIGHT COUNTY
Loan Participation Program
Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
Since The Beginning
$670.7 million
in loans to beginning farmers
4,668
beginning farmers assisted
427,580
acres purchased by beginning farmers