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The state’s largest farm organization is questioning a Farmers Home Administration loan exemption proposal, calling the plan unfair and perhaps politically motivated.
Robert B. Delano, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, said the fact that some farmers have made their payments on debts incurred, while others can write off a portion of theirs, simply isn’t fair.
“There are farmers in the U.S. and Virginia who have sacrificed to make the payments on their debts over the years, and all * of a sudden we have a government agency saying,’ I’m going to forgive a portion of your debt because you borrowed from a government agency,’ ” said Mr. Delano, former president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
“This means those who borrowed from commercial lending institutions will have to sit by and watch their neighbor’s debt written off.”
In addition, the proposal surfaced just a week before the Super Tuesday primaries across the South, where much of the nation’s farming debt is located.
“The plan would certainly lead one to believe there is some polit
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