House Lawmakers: Ag Businesses Should Qualify for Emergency Grants
In a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza yesterday, a group of House lawmakers urged SBA to ...
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ABA Emphasizes Promoting Loan Growth, Protecting Borrowers in Coronavirus Relief Bill
As negotiations continued on Capitol Hill this weekend over the latest coronavirus aid package, a group of financial services trade ...
ABA Writes Lawmakers in Support of ECORA Act
In letters to House and Senate lawmakers today, ABA urged lawmakers to support the Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America ...
Compliance Q&A: What Can I Do About a Lack of Appraisers in a Rural Area?
…and other answers to your compliance questions in the March/April 2020 ABA Regulatory Policy and Compliance Inbox.
USDA to Delay Certain Requirements for Industrial Hemp Producers
The Department of Agriculture announced last week that it will delay the enforcement of certain requirements of a December 2019 ...
Sens. Thune, Baldwin Urge Greater Regulatory Flexibility for Ag Lenders
In a letter to the federal banking agencies today, Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) made a bipartisan ...
Sen. Moran Urges Support for Ag Banking Legislation
In a recent column in the Kansas Banker magazine, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) urged support for an ABA-advocated bill that ...
Helping Your Ag Customers Improve Their Farm Business IQ
In navigating sweeping changes, farm business IQ is the common denominator for producer success. And that’s an opportunity for ag ...
Seizing Opportunities to Revive Rural Economies
As a banker working in rural America, you surely know a small town or two that seems to be dwindling ...
Resolving the Farm Credit System’s Growing Credit-Quality Problems
By Bert Ely American agriculture is experiencing extraordinary financial stress, unlike anything farmers and ranchers have experienced in several decades. ...
