7 CFR § 772.2Chapter VII

§ 772.2 Abbreviations and Definitions.

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Association-Type Minor Program loans (AMP): Loans to Grazing Associations and Irrigation and Drainage Associations.

Entity: Cooperative, corporation, partnership, joint operation, trust, or limited liability company.

Graduation: The requirement contained in loan documents that borrowers pay their FSA loan in full with funds received from a commercial lending source as a result of improvement in their financial condition.

Individual-type Minor Program loans (IMP): Non-Farm Enterprise or Recreation loans to individuals.

Member: Any individual who has an ownership interest in the entity which has received the Minor Program loan.

Minor Program: Non-Farm Enterprise, Individual Recreation, Grazing Association, or Irrigation and Drainage loan programs administered or to be administered by FSA

Review official: An agency employee, contractor or designee who is authorized to conduct a compliance review of a Minor Program borrower under this part.

AMP Association-Type Minor Program loan; CFR Code of Federal Regulations; FO Farm Ownership Loan; FSA Farm Service Agency; IMP Individual-Type Minor Program loan; OL Operating Loan; USDA United States Department of Agriculture.

eCFR data current as of: June 10, 2026

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