Agricultural Credit Institutions and Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural credit.

Banks and banking.

Business cycles.

Farms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Addresses agriculture lending in context of the global financial crisis. Discusses types of lending institutions that make credit available to agriculture, including Farm Service Agency, Farm Credit System, and Farmer Mac. Covers issues for Congress, including competition between farm credit system and commercial banks, credit title in the next farm bill, and term limits on USDA farm loans. Includes graphs

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RS-21977a in the 2014 issue

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Agricultural Credit

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-RSI-0204

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