Resolving the Farm Credit System’s Growing Credit-Quality Problems
By Bert Ely American agriculture is experiencing extraordinary financial stress, unlike anything farmers and ranchers…
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Kansas Banker Urges Support for ABA-Backed Ag Bill
Kansas banker Shan Hanes testified before a House Agriculture Subcommitee today, offering the association’s perspective on agricultural credit issues in rural America.
Banking Agencies Issue ABA-Urged Guidance on Hemp Banking
The federal banking agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in consultation with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, today issued guidance long sought by ABA on banks’ Bank Secrecy Act obligations related to hemp producers.
ABA Data Bank: Ag Lenders’ Concerns about Producers
Read more in the ABA/Farmer Mac Agricultural Lender Survey.
ABA Chief Economist Sees Reason for Optimism Amid Challenges in Ag Sector
While the agricultural sector continues to face numerous challenges, “there’s a lot of optimism” among ag lenders looking ahead to the next 12 months, ABA Chief Economist James Chessen said in an interview today with RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report” program.
ABA Survey: Credit Quality Tops List of Concerns for Ag Lenders in 2019
With the farm economy in the midst of a prolonged downturn, the primary concern among ag lenders in 2019 was credit quality and the deterioration of agricultural loans, according to the latest agricultural lenders survey conducted by the American Bankers Association and Farmer Mac.
USDA Releases Interim Final Rule Providing Clarity on Hemp Production
The United States Department of Agriculture today issued a long-awaited interim final rule establishing new regulations and procedures for the legal production of industrial hemp, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill.
Restructuring the Farm Credit System—Why Now and How to Do It
The FCS, America’s least known government-sponsored-enterprise, has an excessively complex and increasingly obsolete organizational structure. … Simplifying the structure of the FCS would improve its operating efficiency, which presumably would benefit its member/borrowers, while strengthening the FCA’s safety-and-soundness regulation of the FCS.
ABA Honors Husband-Wife Banker Team with Bruning Award
The American Bankers Association has announced the recipients of both the Bruning and Blanchfield Awards, the association’s premier awards presented for contributions to ag banking.
Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers
Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.