In 2015, Almost Half of FCS Lending Goes to Just 4,458 Borrowers
Just 4,458 persons or entities had each borrowed at least $5 million from the FCS in 2015. Can taxpayer-subsidized financing ...
Tag: Farm Credit System
Farm Credit Council Blasts Letter ABA Sent to House Ag Leaders
The council’s five-page, histrionic rebuttal makes numerous false assertions about the FCS’s lending and other practices that House Ag Committee ...
ABA Calls for More Congressional Oversight for FCS
In a letter to the House Agriculture Committee today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols called on members of Congress ...
FCA Has Yet to Respond to Congress’s Questions
Usually witnesses, especially those from a federal agency overseen by the committee whose members posed the questions, respond quickly and ...
Study: State, Local Economies Suffer Without Commercial, Ag Lending
A new study released today by the Missouri Bankers Association found that the state and local economies would suffer significant ...
How to Compete with Farm Credit—and Win
Top tips from ag lenders: leverage Farmer Mac, provide value-added with free financial analysis and lead with fixed-rate products.
House Ag Committee Members Ask Tough Questions of FCS Regulator
The Farm Credit System was on the hot seat during a long-due oversight hearing.
Farm Credit System on Hill Agenda This Week
After long and patient advocacy by ABA and the state bankers associations, the House Agriculture Committee will hold an oversight ...
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 ...
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 ...
