(a) prescribing the manner in which applications for loans are to be made;
(b) prescribing the terms and conditions on which loans may be made;
(c) prescribing the purposes for which loans may be made;
(d) prescribing or limiting the amount of a loan;
(e) fixing the rate of interest on loans;
(f) prescribing the form of a mortgage and the manner of its execution;
(g) prescribing or approving the quality, kind and type of livestock, equipment, goods or services in respect of which a loan may be made;
(h) prescribing the form of the agreement setting out the manner in which livestock, equipment, land, goods or services obtained with advances or loans made under this Act may be used;
(i) prescribing the manner in which all money advanced as loans by the board may be made available to the borrower;
(j) prescribing the manner and conditions on which a borrower may sell or transfer livestock, land, equipment or goods in respect of which a loan has not been fully repaid;
(k) deferring the payment of the whole or a part of the loan for the reasons that the board may, in its discretion, determine;
(l) providing for the commuting of repayments due to the board from a borrower;
(m) prescribing the manner in which meetings of the board shall be called, the time and place of the meetings and the manner in which business is to be conducted at those meetings;
(n) prescribing the manner in which all books and records of the board shall be kept; and
(o) generally, to give effect to the purpose of this Act.