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Podcast: Challenges and Solutions for Ag Lenders with Heather Malcolm

February 20, 2019
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Heather Malcolm of Bank of the Rockies works with an

Heather Malcolm is a central Montana agricultural lender, but when she’s not at the bank, she works on her family’s cattle ranch, which allows her to stay closely in touch with the challenges faced by her loan customers. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Malcolm talks current pressures, such as commodity pricing, facing ag lenders and producers, and she outlines her recommendations for banks seeking to recruit the next generation of ag lenders.

Malcolm is joined by ABA SVP Ed Elfmann to talk about recent policy changes affecting rural and agricultural lenders, including what’s in the recently passed Farm Bill, and new resources ABA is offering such as its first-ever Agricultural Lending School.

If you can’t see the audio player above, click here to listen to this week’s episode.

In this episode:

Heather Malcolm
VP, Ag Lending
Bank of the Rockies
Ed Elfmann
SVP, Ag and Rural Banking
ABA

Evan Sparks
Editor-in-Chief
ABA Banking Journal

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