Farm Credit Watch: Ongoing FCS association consolidation increases taxpayer risk; Congress must re-examine the FCS mission
Despite shrinking numbers of associations, the total assets of all FCS associations — $324 billion as of Sept. 30 —...
Farm Credit Watch: Continuing consolidation within FCS increases likelihood of a FCSIC taxpayer bailout
Continued consolidation of FCS associations ring alarm bells in Congress about the capacity of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation...
Farm Credit Watch: FCA board’s untenable situation, the risk of FCS consolidation, and is FCSIC truly actuarially sound?
FCA would be unable to take any official action if both board members serving expired terms left the board.
Farm Credit Watch: FCS uninsured deposits, FCA board’s ‘innovation philosophy’ and predictions for the FCS if there’s another ag crisis
While the funds the FCS borrows in the capital markets through the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation are protected...
Farm Credit Watch: The FCS’s uninsured deposits
While the funds the FCS borrows in the capital markets through the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation are protected...
Farm Credit Watch: Lame duck leadership, FCS consolidation, and limiting financing for foreign ownership of U.S. farms
This edition of Farm Credit Watch highlights the potential risks of having lame-duck members of the Farm Credit Administration’s current...
Farm Credit Watch: My Farm Bill wish list
Bert Ely outlines five critical items that are key provisions Congress should include in the upcoming Farm Bill.
Farm Credit Watch: Vincent Logan named new FCA chairman and CEO
Logan is the FCA’s first Native American board member.
Farm Credit Watch: Congress must determine if FCS consolidation has impaired the system’s mission while increasing taxpayer risk
FCA should slow down mergers of large and midsize associations until it can assess FCSIC capacity to resolve a large,...
Farm Credit Watch: Has rural America been set up for another farmland bust?
Is history about to repeat itself? In rural America it just might as the Federal Reserve moves too aggressively to...
