Act to promote long term farm credit by private institutions (R.S.Q., c. C-75.1). Pays/Territoire Canada Sous-division territoriale Québec Type du document Législation Date 1978 (1988) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Crédit Mesures financières agricoles Développement agricole Coopérative/organisation de producteurs Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé The present Act lays down provisions relating to long term farm credit by private institution. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as “agriculture”, “farm”, “economic farm”, “farm operator”, “farmer”, “aspiring farmer”,” “agricultural operations corporation”, “agricultural operations cooperative”. The said Law establishes the various requirements needed in order to obtain credits and loans. To mention just a few of them they relate to: (a) purchase of farms or parts of farms; (b) purchase of livestock, farm implements, agricultural tools or machinery, farm equipment, farm tractors, bulldozers, trucks, pick-ups and any motor vehicle habitually used on a farm, appropriate for the agricultural operations of the borrower, (c) construction or repair of farm buildings; (d) clearing of land, drainage or any other permanent improvement designed to increase the productivity of the farm Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.gouv.qc.ca