Ag and Rural Bankers Committee

Ag bankers fear an economic cliff in farm country without a new Farm Bill.  That’s according to one longtime Ag banker who recently testified before the House Agriculture Committee.  Tony Hotchkiss has spent the last 41 years in Ag banking and now chairs the Agriculture and Rural Bankers Committee of the American Bankers Association.    “With rising in...

Will it be a little tougher to get operating capital this spring?  For some the answer is yes.   “And I think it will be instead of a $150,000 operating line, it might be $110,000 or $100,000 operating line," said Montana Banker Heather Malcolm.  "So, it might...