Driving Efficiency in Farm Loan Delivery

What it does

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is amending the Farm Loan Program (FLP) regulations to permanently implement the Application Fast Track (AFT) process, which expedites underwriting for certain direct loan applicants by using financial benchmarks and historical repayment data to identify applicants least likely to default. This rule also includes regulatory changes intended to improve program efficiency and support IT modernization efforts consisting of minor policy changes, clarifications, and technical corrections. These changes are part of FSA's ongoing effort to deliver farmer-focused programs in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

The Farm Service Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

12 parts of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

7 CFR 761, 7 CFR 762, 7 CFR 763, 7 CFR 764, 7 CFR 765, 7 CFR 766, 7 CFR 767, 7 CFR 768, 7 CFR 770, 7 CFR 772, 7 CFR 773, 7 CFR 774

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Farm Service Agency has published 3 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 11 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0560-AI89 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• Sept. 25, 2026 Final rule; correction. Driving Efficiency in Farm Loan Delivery; Correction

What happens next and when

Effective date: October 1, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FSA-2026-0463 on Regulations.gov
• Title 7 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register