Items Tagged with 'Farm Credit'

Farm sector debt is increasing, though rising asset values are helping to keep operations solvent, according the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service.

Farm Credit lenders are asking Congress in the upcoming farm bill to expand their authority to rural community facilities and fisheries projects, but some community bankers are worried the changes will siphon away their business.

A South Dakota lawmaker is calling on Congress to move forward with plans to add more transparency to cattle markets to help address “underlying frailties within the marketplace” even though current prices for market cattle are reaching record prices.

Farm Credit Multicultural Ambassadors from the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology are paving a path of inclusivity and transparency in the industry.

New legislation from a bipartisan pair of Senate Ag Committee members adds an additional wrinkle to the conversation about foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.

Jason Weller join JBS to lead its sustainability division and Cargill hires a veteran farm hand to lead federal government relations.

Farm Credit Council is expanding its internship program aimed at students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to also include members of the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences at other institutions.

Advocates for minority farmers say historical discrimination justifies providing payments totaling 120% of debt held by “socially disadvantaged” farmers, as approved by the House Agriculture Committee in its $16.1 billion COVID relief package, part of a larger $1.9 trillion relief bill to be considered by the full House of Representatives.

The nation’s food and agriculture groups are glad to have a familiar face back at the helm of the Department of Agriculture.