DA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for December 2009
The maximum discount rate applicable for December 2009 for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program is 5 percent, unchanged from November 2009. This is based on the 3.250 percent prime rate plus 2 percent, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Past monthly releases announcing interest rates charged by CCC on commodity and marketing assistance loans disbursed for that particular month reflect the interest rate the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for that month. This was the interest rate specified by CCC since Jan. 1, 1982, but the process of establishing the interest rate was changed by a provision of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the Act), enacted on April 4, 1996.
Section 163 of the Act requires that monthly interest rates applicable to commodity and marketing assistance loans are to be 100 basis points - or 1 percent - greater than the rate determined under the applicable interest rate formula in effect on Oct. 1, 1995. This formula resulted in a rate equivalent to the amount the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for borrowing, for the month.
Further program information is available from USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Financial Management Division at (703) 305-1386.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for December 2009. The CCC borrowing rate-based charge for December 2009 is 0.375 percent, unchanged from November 2009. For 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance loans, the interest rate for loans disbursed during December 2009 is 1.375 percent, unchanged from November 2009.
In accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill, interest rates for Farm Storage Facility Loans approved for December 2009 are as follows - 3.000 percent with seven-year loan terms, 3.500 percent with 10-year loan terms and 3.750 percent with 12-year loan terms - unchanged with seven-year loan terms, increased from 3.375 percent with 10-year loan terms and increased from 3.625 percent with 12-year loan terms in November 2009. The interest rate for Sugar Storage Facility Loans for December 2009 is 4.125 percent, increased from 4.000 in November 2009.
The maximum discount rate applicable for December 2009 for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program is 5 percent, unchanged from November 2009. This is based on the 3.250 percent prime rate plus 2 percent, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Past monthly releases announcing interest rates charged by CCC on commodity and marketing assistance loans disbursed for that particular month reflect the interest rate the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for that month. This was the interest rate specified by CCC since Jan. 1, 1982, but the process of establishing the interest rate was changed by a provision of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the Act), enacted on April 4, 1996.
Section 163 of the Act requires that monthly interest rates applicable to commodity and marketing assistance loans are to be 100 basis points - or 1 percent - greater than the rate determined under the applicable interest rate formula in effect on Oct. 1, 1995. This formula resulted in a rate equivalent to the amount the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for borrowing, for the month.
Further program information is available from USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Financial Management Division at (703) 305-1386.
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