farm credit
Rural lending system
Farm credit is financing extended to agricultural operations—loans for equipment, livestock, land, or operating expenses.
The term often refers specifically to the Farm Credit System, a network of U.S. government-sponsored lending institutions serving farmers and rural communities: They secured farm credit to expand their dairy operation.
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- lenderOne who loans money
- land bankEntity holding undeveloped parcels
- crop insuranceProtection against agricultural losses
operating loan · subsidy · crop · planting season · financial institution · mortgage loan · down payment · debt management · repayment plan · cash flow · cooperative · interest rate · seasonal · collateral · revolving loan · bridge financing · agriculture · rural America
- agribusinessagribusiness, farms, corporate farms, factory farming, factory farms
- farm economicscrop prices, crop insurance, crop yields, crop failure, harvest yield
- farm financecrop insurance, subsidies, operating loan, crop yield, land value
- rural commercefarmers market, country store, general store, feed store, grain elevator
- rural developmentrural housing, land reform, rural roads, rural infrastructure, rural broadband
- agrarian policyagrarian reform, tenant rights, tenant protection, price controls, price floors
farm creditcorporate finance
Firm funding and investment strategy
retail banking · venture capital · consumer credit · personal loans · mortgage lending
farm creditconsumer credit
Loans to individuals for purchases
personal loans · small business loans · auto loans · credit cards · mortgage lending