Tag: Farm banking

Federal Home Loan Bank advances are “strongly associated” with higher lending across banks and credit unions, particularly following the 2008 ...

The IRS issued interim guidance for a new tax benefit for lenders serving rural and agricultural communities, which was included ...

About 9.1 million small-business loans totaling nearly $276.6 billion were reported in 2024. As for small-farm loans, about 197,000 small-farm ...

Agricultural lenders report signs of tighter conditions in farm profitability and credit quality in 2025, according to a joint survey ...

Anticipated Treasury guidance could broaden the impact of the law, which helped to educate Congress about ag producers’ needs.

ABA will honor Kathy Daily, managing director of First Financial Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, with the Bruning Award and Patrick ...

The agricultural provisions in the recently enacted budget reconciliation bill will provide a strong backstop for agricultural producers, but a ...

While the version included in the final legislation is modified from ABA’s original ACRE proposal, there remains significant relief for ...

Despite continued challenges from global economic uncertainty and lingering supply chain disruptions, farm banks posted solid financial performance, improved asset ...

The bipartisan ACRE Act would provide much-needed help to rural communities at a time when the U.S. agriculture economy is ...