Ag Lender

The U.S. agricultural lending sector has not proactively assessed its climate risk, according to a new report by Environmental Defense Fund, Financing Resilient Agriculture: How Agricultural Lenders Can Reduce Climate Risk and Help Farmers Build Resilience. ...

The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank says COVID-19 has created substantial challenges for all segments of the meat supply chain, but especially for producers and consumers. Beginning in April 2020, outbreaks of COVID-19 at meatpacking plants led to significant disruptions and created issues of oversupply and low prices for livestock producers ...

President Trump’s trade war seems to be pushing the rural economy closer and closer to a meltdown.  According to Politico, economic challenges in agriculture are weighing heavier on banks that lend to farmers and ranchers.  Farmers are getting slammed on all sides by retaliatory tariffs, unusually bad weather, as well as a five-year drop in farm incomes.   Iowa c...

Farmers and ranchers are inherently good at figuring out ways to save money.  A new trend that is growing in popularity is informally partnering with other farmers to save on expenses.  Ag banker Rachel Holland said it starts with a few producers looking for realistic ways to trim their outgoing money.  She not...