Farmer Mac Earnings Reach Record High in First Quarter
Farmer Mac today reported $445 million in net new business for the first quarter, generating a record outstanding business volume...
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Omnibus Spending Bill Includes ABA Farm Loan Priorities
The House today passed a $1 trillion compromise spending bill that funds the government through the end of the fiscal...
Farm Banks Report Ag Lending Gains in 2016
Farm banks increased their agricultural lending by 5.3 percent in 2016 and held $103.4 billion in ag loans at year’s...
ABA Survey Finds Falling Commodity Prices a Top Concern for Ag Lenders
Concerns about commodity prices, liquidity and farm income are top-of-mind for the nation’s agricultural lenders, according to a new survey...
Farm Credit Watch: House Ag Committee Holds Another Hearing on FCS
On March 29, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the FCS.
ABA Proposes Changes for Next Farm Bill
Testifying on behalf of ABA today at a hearing before the House Agriculture Committee’s Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit Subcommittee,...
ABA, ICBA Call on Trump to Revitalize Rural America
In a letter to President Trump today, the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America urged the...
Farm Credit Watch: Yet Another Congressional Hearing on FCA, FCS
On February 28, the Agricultural Appropriation Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee held an oversight hearing on the Farm Credit...
House Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Farm Credit Oversight
Lawmakers echoed bankers’ concerns about “mission creep” by the government-sponsored Farm Credit System in a House Agriculture Committee hearing today...
