The application deadline is November 15. The Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Program was approved by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1992 and signed into law by the governor.
Preference is given to all eligible renewal applicants.
And our largest industry, agriculture, gains strength through a highly skilled work force. Eligible applicants must have a degree related to agriculture or veterinary medicine from a Pennsylvania school or college. Their first year of full-time employment in the field must be on or after July 1, 1991. The program requires that the borrower remain in Pennsylvania after graduation and find employment full-time in the operation of a family farm, family farm corporation or a veterinary practice. Family farms and farm corporations must be real property or a corporation owned by immediate family members and must produce agricultural products for commercial purposes.