Better Beginnings: FarmStart offers a lelping hand to new farmers and ag co-ops

摘要

Beginning farmers and small agriculture cooperatives often find It hard to raise the necessary working jpital for a successful launch. But in the Northeast, there is a new resource they can tap into. Farm Credit East and CoBank are offering a new program — FarmStart LLP — a credit and training program designed to help new farmers and farm-related businesses get off to a solid start. As part of the producer-owned Farm Credit System, both of these cooperative lending institutions have service to agriculture as their top priority.