Thursday, Jan. 23, 1986 Nation/World University Daily Kansan 9 Foreclosure warnings to farmers postponed United Press International WASHINGTON — The head of the Farmers Home Administration said yesterday that Feb. 10 is his new target date for starting to send notices to 65,000 farmers who are delinquent on repaying loans to the government. "Because of all the flak we're taking, I think a more prudent approach is to approach our problem as to the seriousness of the delinquency." FmHa Administrator Vance Clark said in an interview. Earlier this month, Clark set Jan. 23 as a possible target date, but several changes have slowed the process that was set in motion with federal rules published Nov. 1. The rules were established to satisfy an order by U.S. District Court Judge Bruce Van Sickle in North Dakota, who imposed a moratorium on foreclosures more than two years ago. Clark declined to set Feb. 10 as a deadline for beginning to send the letters, but said, "That's my target date." He said he polished up the forms, including deleting controversial language informing farmers of notice of intent to take adverse action. He also ordered staggering of letters, so that the first batch will be sent to the most serious cases. The letters will give farmers 30 days to respond and will outline seven options for staying in business, including delaying loan payments, lowering interest rates and consolidating loans at new rates and terms. Officials said foreclosure is the last resort. Clark said the most serious cases include 3,000 farmers who have not maintained loan collateral — including some who sold equipment or crops on which the government held a lien. He estimated that 14,000 farmers have been delinquent in paying the government for five years or more. Those debtors are included on a list of 31,294 farmers who have been delinquent for three years or more. - The remainder, about 34,000, have a better chance of survival because they have been delinquent for a shorter period. Clark said. The total 65,341 delinquent farmers to whom notices eventually will be sent are about a quarter of the borrowers from FMHa, which holds 12 percent of the U.S. farm debt. Texas leads the nation with 5,818 delinquent borrowers. Ten other states with at least 2,000 delinquent borrowers are Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina and Tennessee. Fifteen other states with between 1,000 and 2,000 delinquent borrowers are Alabama, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Virginia. Clark said the number of farmers who brought their accounts up to date has risen with recent publicity. 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