Farmers Home Administration was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1946 to 1994. The agency coordinated a nationwide rural development program and promoted cooperation between the federal government and state and local rural development projects. It offered loans to small-farm owners for agricultural supplies, land purchases, living needs, and disaster relief. It also provided financing for business and industrial development, community facilities, and housing in rural areas. Community loans were made for fire protection, medical facilities, and waste disposal systems. The agency was dissolved in 1994, and its farm loan programs were transferred to the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency. The rural housing programs became part of the department’s Rural Housing and Community Development Service.
