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 USDA offers micro loans to help get small farmers started

March 18, 2013 

USDA offers micro loans to help get small farmers started

Microloans are like other operating loans offered by USDA. They can be used to purchase livestock, equipment, feed, seed, fertilizer and related supplies. But here’s a real benefit when compared to those who use credit cards and personal loans to fund their operations: The current interest rate for a microloan is 1.125 percent. From the…

 Museum director pleads guilty to embezzlement

March 18, 2013 

Museum director pleads guilty to embezzlement

The former director of the Lewis County Historical Museum in Washington state, who had been accused of draining the museum's endowment fund of nearly a half of a million dollars, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of felony theft as a result of a plea agreement that came more than a year after the…

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