Although the Buschkoetter family of five falls well below the federal poverty guidelines, Juanita says that they only qualify for food stamps for part of the year. Why?
Ironically, the FmHA operating loan the Buschkoetters receive is counted as income on their food stamp application; even though they are not able to use these funds to purchase food, the amount is high enough to disqualify their household from receiving food stamp benefits for part of the year. Farm families can sometimes also be denied benefits based on the valuation of their farm assets such as tractors and other equipment.
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