House Ag Committee to Hold Hearing on FCA
The House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). The proposed hearing date...
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ABA, Farming Groups Urge Senate to Restore Crop Insurance
In a joint letter today, ABA and several farming industry groups urged the Senate to repeal a provision in the...
ABA Member Testifies on Rural Bank Challenges
ABA member Roger Porch, VP at First National Bank in Philip, S.D., testified before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday on...
Senate Vote Expected This Week on ABA-Backed Cyber Bill
The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S.754), an ABA-supported bill that would...
Blanchfield Honored with New ABA Award
ABA today announced that John Blanchfield, who was SVP for agricultural and rural banking at ABA for 25 years before...
FCS Hikes Its Lending Limit to $1.5 Billion from $1 Billion
These increases are powerful evidence of the FCS’s increased emphasis on providing taxpayer-subsidized credit to large corporate borrowers.
Kansas’ Terry Barta to Receive Bruning Award
Terry Barta, vice president for ag lending at the Peoples Bank in Smith Center, Kan., has been named the winner...
ABA Hosts Meeting to Address Rural Appraiser Shortage
To help address the pending shortage of rural property appraisers -- and the implications for agricultural and commercial credit in...
FCS Southwest Finally Reveals Cost of Massive Loan Fraud
Mismanagement results in nearly $50 million in losses for a troubled FCS lender.
SNL Article Spotlights Farm Credit System Abuses
An article yesterday in SNL Financial shone a spotlight on the Farm Credit System’s “dangerous and abused advantages” and the...
