Understanding Agricultural Credit: Key Vehicles and Financial Solutions

Explore the definition and types of agricultural credit, including loans and notes, tailored to meet farmers' financial needs ...
KMA Radio

Rural lenders eye finish line for overdue Farm Bill

After years of delays and temporary extensions, the long-awaited Farm Bill could finally move forward as lawmakers prepare to bring it to the House floor this week. For agricultural lenders ...
Agri-Pulse

Farm Credit System ag lending dwarfs community bank lending, study shows

The Farm Credit System is the nation's largest ag lender with $81.21 billion in outstanding non-real estate farm loans and $187.95 billion in real estate farm loans at the end of 2024, more than twice ...
AgWeb

How Farm Credit Banks Have Taken Market Share From Ag Banks

Francisco Scott, an economist for the Kansas City Federal Reserve just released a report titled “How Mergers in the Farm Credit System Have Affected Ag Banks”. The reports begins with a brief history ...
AG Week

Big merger in ag country: AgCountry Farm Credit Services and FCS of Grand Forks will merge effective Jan. 1

FARGO, N.D. -- Two major ag lending and financial services co-ops in the Red River Valley region are merging, creating a single entity with headquarters in Fargo, N.D. AgCountry Farm Credit Services ...
JD Supra

Farm Credit Administration’s 2026 Priorities Reflect Some Alignment with Federal Banking Regulators, With Continued Focus on Risk Management and System‑Specif…

Early 2026 developments from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) show the regulator is identifying opportunities to reduce ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa’s American AgCredit closer to goal of Southwest expansion

American AgCredit has grown one step closer to its merger with Farm Credit of New Mexico, the two farming cooperatives announced after shareholder approvals Tuesday. The deal is anticipated to close ...