Upcoming Farm Bill negotiations: What should ag lenders expect?
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill are finally moving closer to an updated version of the Farm Bill after a few ...
Tag: Farm Credit System
Farm Credit returns excess insurance funds to system banks
The board of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation approved the payment of approximately $76.6 million in excess insurance funds ...
Farm Credit Watch: Ongoing FCS association consolidation increases taxpayer risk; Congress must re-examine the FCS mission
Despite shrinking numbers of associations, the total assets of all FCS associations — $324 billion as of Sept. 30 — ...
Farm Credit Watch: Continuing consolidation within FCS increases likelihood of a FCSIC taxpayer bailout
Continued consolidation of FCS associations ring alarm bells in Congress about the capacity of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation ...
Farm Credit Watch: FCA board’s untenable situation, the risk of FCS consolidation, and is FCSIC truly actuarially sound?
FCA would be unable to take any official action if both board members serving expired terms left the board.
Farm Credit Watch: FCS uninsured deposits, FCA board’s ‘innovation philosophy’ and predictions for the FCS if there’s another ag crisis
While the funds the FCS borrows in the capital markets through the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation are protected ...
GAO report calls for FCS grant program for disadvantaged farmers
Minorities and women may have trouble getting loans to buy and run farms, the report says, noting that socially disadvantaged ...
FCS board approves changes to services provided to YBS farmers and ranchers
The changes are intended to modernize how the FCS provides resources to young, beginning and small farmers and ranchers.
Farm Credit Watch: The FCS’s uninsured deposits
While the funds the FCS borrows in the capital markets through the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation are protected ...
Farm Credit Watch: Lame duck leadership, FCS consolidation, and limiting financing for foreign ownership of U.S. farms
This edition of Farm Credit Watch highlights the potential risks of having lame-duck members of the Farm Credit Administration’s current ...
