Farm Credit Watch: My Farm Bill wish list
Bert Ely outlines five critical items that are key provisions Congress should include in the upcoming Farm Bill.
Tag: Farm Credit System
Farm Credit Watch: Congress must determine if FCS consolidation has impaired the system’s mission while increasing taxpayer risk
FCA should slow down mergers of large and midsize associations until it can assess FCSIC capacity to resolve a large, ...
ABA supports FCA’s efforts to improve services for YBS farmers, ranchers
FCS institutions have not done nearly enough in recent years to support and encourage YBS farmers and ranchers, despite a ...
Farm Credit Watch: Has rural America been set up for another farmland bust?
Is history about to repeat itself? In rural America it just might as the Federal Reserve moves too aggressively to ...
Sen. Moran Stresses Importance of Keeping Rural Banks Competitive
During the ABA Summit, Sen. Moran (R-Kan.) reiterated his support for ECORA and other legislation intended to bolster the competitiveness ...
Farm Credit Watch: Clarity Is the Order of the Day
Bert Ely examines multiple issues, including government sponsored enterprises spending big money on marketing and branding, the accuracy of bank ...
Farm Credit Watch: Tracking Credit Ratings, Congressional Oversight and Agency Transparency
This edition of Farm Credit Watch examines multiple issues, including the Farm Credit Service’s debt rating, possible Senate and House ...
Senate Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Level Playing Field Between Banks, FCS
Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced S. ...
Farm Credit Watch: Potentially Dangerous Change to FCS Appraisal Regulations Proposed
The Farm Credit Administration has proposed a potentially dangerous relaxation of its regulation governing the appraisal procedures FCS institutions rely ...
ABA’s Elfmann: With ECORA, Help Is on the Way
Farmers, ranchers and producers across the country have stood strong during a year of extreme economic disruption and tumult. America ...
