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Northern Virginia. Approved drought loans for the entire Northern Virginia area total $42.7 million. The special FmHA loans will be used to buy feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock, or to meet interest and depreciation payments on current real estate and chattel debts. The interest rate for actual loss loans is three per cent, for the first
92.2%