Agricultural Lending
Bank credit plays an important role in farm activities, from supporting individual farm operators to the development of new agricultural technologies and techniques. Agricultural lending presents national banks with risks that, in addition to the risks associated with any loan program, reflect differing regional challenges and even differing challenges within a region.
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Shared National Credit (SNC) Report
Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices
Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities
Detecting Red Flags in Board Reports: A Guide for Directors
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Agricultural Lending (Comptroller's Handbook, October 2018)
Addresses the fundamentals of agricultural loan underwriting and administration, and provides examiner guidance
References
Sale of Loans Into the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Program (BC 248, October 1990)
Covers legal and supervisory limits governing how national banks may participate as loan sellers in the Farmer Mac program
Popular Links
Shared National Credit (SNC) Report
Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices
Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities
Detecting Red Flags in Board Reports: A Guide for Directors