How Much Is FCS Underestimating Its Future Loan Losses?
By Bert Ely As bankers and other FCW readers know all too well, American agriculture…
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ABA Data Bank: Emerging Interest in Hemp, Alternative Energy Financing
Are your customers inquiring more about financing hemp production or alternative energy projects such as solar panels on the farm? From a new ABA/Farmer Mac survey.
Podcast: ‘Folks Who Are Low-Wealth Also Need Wealth Advisers’
Homeownership, savings and holding down a job are three keys to financial well-being and moving out of generational poverty, so that’s what Southern Bancorp focuses on in its home Mississippi and Arkansas Delta region, one of the nation’s poorest.
ABA Works With USDA to Support Credit Needs for New Farmers, Ranchers
ABA and other industry groups met with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Farm Service Agency yesterday to discuss ways to support the credit needs of new farmers and ranchers.
Trouble on the Farm?
Four alternatives for banks managing distressed agricultural loans.
ABA, NBA Release New Ad Highlighting Rep. Bacon’s Support for PPP, Small Biz
ABA and the Nebraska Bankers Association today released a new voter education ad thanking Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) for supporting the Paycheck Protection Program during the coronavirus pandemic.
ABA Honors Al Tubbs with Bruning Award for Contributions to Ag Banking
The American Bankers Association announced the recipients of both the Bruning and Blanchfield Awards, the association’s premier awards presented for contributions to ag banking.
ABA, NCBA Release New Ad Highlighting Sen. Tillis’ Support for PPP
ABA and the North Carolina Bankers Association today released a new voter education ad thanking Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) for supporting the Paycheck Protection Program during the coronavirus pandemic.
Farm Credit Watch: Fitch Lowers FCS Debt Rating Outlook to Negative
By Bert Ely On Aug. 3, Fitch, one of the three major debt rating agencies,…
ABA Supports Bipartisan Bill to Extend COVID-19 Relief to USDA RD Borrowers
ABA today welcomed the bipartisan Rural Equal Aid Act, which would provide six months of payment relief for borrowers using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development loan programs.