7 CFR § 773.7 - Loan uses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s773.7"
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title: "7 CFR § 773.7 - Loan uses."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "773.7"
section_name: "Loan uses."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "773"
part_name: "SPECIAL APPLE LOAN PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Pub. L. 106-224."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 76117, Dec. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 773.7 Loan uses.

Loan funds may be used for any of the following purposes related to the production or marketing of apples:

(a) Payment of costs associated with reorganizing a farm to improve its profitability;

(b) Payment of annual farm operating expenses;

(c) Purchase of farm equipment or fixtures;

(d) Acquiring, enlarging, or leasing a farm;

(e) Making capital improvements to a farm;

(f) Refinancing indebtedness;

(g) Purchase of cooperative stock for credit, production, processing or marketing purposes; or

(h) Payment of loan closing costs.