NEW YORK   Angela Petrone, Senior Program Analyst New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation 625 Broadway, 7th Floor Albany, NY 12207-2997 Toll free in NYS: (800) 200-2200 Telephone: (518) 402-7461 FAX: (518) 486-9248 www.nysefc.org E-mail Address: petrone@nysefc.org Organization Began: 1970 Program/Project Title: Beginning Farmer Loan Program Program Began: 2005 Contact Person: Beginning Farmer Project Manager {beginningfarmer@nysefc.org} Cost/Funding: No volume to date; set aside $1 million volume cap to be used for tax-exempt aggie bonds in 2008. Target Group: Beginning farmers in New York State Description: Provides low-cost financial assistance to beginning farmers in New York State for the purchase of agricultural property and equipment to help start a farming business or to facilitate inter-generational transfer of a farm business. Maximum loan amount $450,000; no minimum. Program/Project Title: Environmental Farm Assistance and Resource Management Program (EFARM) Program Began: 2005 Contact Person: EFARM Project Manager {EFARM@nysefc.org} Cost/Funding: $26.1 million since 1993 from Clean Water / Clean Air Bond Act and Grants up to $18,000 per applicant are available. Target Group: Large and medium sized Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) under regulatory permit. Description: Provides reimbursement grants to New York State farm businesses to help pay for the costs of preparing and updating a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.   Choose another state ...

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