| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Farmers Home Administration | Agriculture | Formerly an agency of USDA that provided direct and guaranteed credit to family-sized farmers who were denied credit by a commercial lender. The 1994 USDA reorganization transferred FmHA's farm loan programs to the newly formed Farm Service Agency. (FmHA). (references) | |
| Farmers Home Administration | Finance | A federal government agency that finances and insures loans to farmers and other qualified borrowers for rural housing and other purposes. (FmHA). (references) | |
| Farmers home administration (FmHA) | Energy | (now known as the Rural Economic and Community Development). A government agency within the Department of Agriculture that operates under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1921 and Title V of the Housing Act of 1949. This agency provides financing to farmers and other qualified borrowers who are unable to obtain loans elsewhere. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
