Senate confirms USDA deputy secretary
Stephen Vaden, who served as general counsel to the USDA and received an appointment from the president in 2020 to...
Ag Banking
ABA, state bankers associations urge Senate to include ACRE Act in budget bill
ABA and 52 state bankers associations urged senators to include legislation to expand access to affordable real estate credit in...
Budget bill passed by House includes multiple banking industry priorities
The House narrowly passed a reconciliation budget package with several tax provisions supported by ABA. The legislation next heads to...
House committee advances tax package with ABA priorities
The House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines to advance a federal budget reconciliation tax package that includes...
ABA announces support for several provisions in budget reconciliation tax package
ABA strongly supports several provisions in the federal budget reconciliation tax package, including language to make permanent the Section 199A...
Federal budget reconciliation tax package includes ACRE Act, other ABA priorities
Congressional leaders unveiled a federal budget reconciliation tax package that contains several banking industry priorities, including language to expand access...
ABA’s Nichols: ACRE Act would help struggling ag economy
The bipartisan ACRE Act would provide much-needed help to rural communities at a time when the U.S. agriculture economy is...
How a Georgia community bank supports government-guaranteed lending nationwide
Government-guaranteed lending requires special expertise and back-office functionality that grows increasingly expensive for smaller banks.
Survey: Commercial banks’ farm lending strong into Q1
According to a Kansas City Fed survey, the volume of farm operating loans increased sharply from a year ago alongside...
ABA urges Congress to include ACRE Act in budget reconciliation
ABA is asking Congress to include legislation to help farmers and rural communications in its budget reconciliation process, pointing to...
