North Dakota expands low-interest farm loans as applications approach $300 million

Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor

Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor

The North Dakota Industrial Commission is expanding a low-interest loan program designed to support farmers and ranchers — an initiative on pace to exhaust the $300 million already set aside for it. The 2026 Farm Financial Stability Loan Program allows agricultural producers who sustained operating losses in recent years to restructure their debts at lower interest rates. Hundreds of farmers ...

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