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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 ...
FCS Hikes Its Lending Limit to $1.5 Billion from $1 Billion
These increases are powerful evidence of the FCS’s increased emphasis on providing taxpayer-subsidized credit to large corporate borrowers.
FCS Southwest Finally Reveals Cost of Massive Loan Fraud
Mismanagement results in nearly $50 million in losses for a troubled FCS lender.
SNL Article Spotlights Farm Credit System Abuses
An article yesterday in SNL Financial shone a spotlight on the Farm Credit System’s “dangerous and abused advantages” and the ...
Regulatory Review Meeting Focuses on Rural Bank Burdens
Rural banks face a number of challenges that are compounded by unnecessary, outdated and excessively burdensome regulations, Comptroller of the ...
FCS Continues to Report Misleading YBS Lending Data
FCS data show that the system's lending to young, beginning and small farmers and ranchers is merely lip service.
