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ABA Shares Tips for Navigating Tough Times in Farm Lending
With the agricultural boom projected to hit speedbumps in the months and years ahead, ABA distributed 10 tips to help ag bankers prepare their customers for the changing ag economy.
Regulatory Review Meeting Focuses on Rural Bank Burdens
Rural banks face a number of challenges that are compounded by unnecessary, outdated and excessively burdensome regulations, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said today at the fourth of five outreach meetings for the decennial Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act review.
FCS Continues to Report Misleading YBS Lending Data
FCS data show that the system’s lending to young, beginning and small farmers and ranchers is merely lip service.
Washington Examiner Takes Skeptical Look at FCS
The Washington Examiner today took a skeptical look at the growth of the Farm Credit System and its tax-advantaged GSE status.
ABA Opposes Farmer Mac Governance Reshuffle
ABA yesterday urged the Farm Credit Administration to withdraw a proposed change to the governance structure of Farmer Mac that could negatively alter the relationship between Farmer Mac and its lender-shareholders.
CoBank Does It Again and Lends to Investor-Owned Water Company
Farm Credit System lenders are not just lending to large, investor-owned utilities – they’re bragging about it.
ABA Ag Expert Highlights Roles of All-Size Banks in Serving Farmers
It takes banks of all sizes to meet the needs of America’s agricultural producers, newly appointed ABA SVP Steve Apodaca said in a front-page interview with American Banker today.
House Passes Derivatives Clearing Relief for Small Banks
The full House yesterday passed a spending bill that includes a provision granting an exemption from derivatives clearing requirements for small bank holding companies.
CoBank Gets More Aggressive in Lending Outside Its Charter
CoBank, the Farm Credit System’s sole authorized lender to utility and agricultural cooperatives, has ranged further afield in lending to investor-owned utilities and energy companies, and taking on more credit risk in doing so.