Podcast: How community banks can keep farmers farming in turbulent times
Agriculture has never been for the faint of heart — but in an environment where global trade policy is changing ...
Tag: Rural banking
Podcast: Telling a different kind of story about community banks
John Maxfield on what it takes to be a discipline to be a CEO in a business with little margin ...
ABA: Senate Farm Bill draft mostly a good deal for ag banks
From the perspective of the American Bankers Association’s agriculture and rural policy team, the Senate Farm Bill currently set for ...
Report: Despite headwinds, farmland investments stable long term
Farmland investments will, over the long term, continue to offer a "credible and actionable pathway" for investors, according to a ...
Fed ag lender survey predicts bleak farm income, spending picture
Lenders reported that interest rates for most farm loans increased slightly, while demand for credit increased. Loan renewals and extensions ...
House passes bills to streamline community bank reg burden
The TRUST Act and SMART Act would raise the threshold to $6 billion in assets for well-managed, well-capitalized banks to ...
Farm banks continue deep rural roots, strong role in ag financing
Farm banks accounted for more than one-third of all farm lending nationwide while maintaining solid capital, profitability and employment levels ...
Building trust in rural banking
Meet Tom Ogaard, ABA’s 2025-26 Government Relations Council chair.
Upcoming Farm Bill negotiations: What should ag lenders expect?
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill are finally moving closer to an updated version of the Farm Bill after a few ...
New online tool provides data on USDA-funded projects in rural communities
The dashboard includes total loan volume, average loan size, loan distribution by sector, geographic spread, and delinquency rates. Data is ...
