Community banks are financing ag innovation Mar 01st 2020 12:03am on Agriculture, Focus, Lending Community banks are financing ag innovation Mar 01st 2020 12:03am on Agriculture, Focus, Lending The U.S. agriculture industry continues to see big-picture changes, from consumer trends to erratic weather conditions, but community banks are there for them. That puts them in a key position to support agricultural innovation and help push the industry forward. By Ed Avis The pressure on America’s farmers is evolving. Climate change makes the weather less […]
Could hemp be your bank’s next lending market? Oct 01st 2019 12:10am on Agriculture, Business, Focus, Lending The 2018 farm bill opened the floodgates for banks looking to service hemp growers and businesses. But there are still decisions that state and federal regulators, as well as community banks and producers, need to make regarding this market. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert While Congress debates whether banks can serve cannabis-related businesses, the federal government is now […]
Community banks are still in limbo on cannabis Sep 01st 2019 12:09am on Agriculture, Business, Focus, Lending For financial institutions, banking cannabis-related businesses remains in legal purgatory due to conflicting state and federal laws. But some banks are making the business case for banking these customers before federal protections are put in place. By Judith Sears Conflicting federal and state laws are keeping the banking of cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in limbo. As […]
ICBA’s 2018 top lenders: Who made the cut? Jun 28th 2018 12:06am on Agriculture, Commercial, General, Lending, Mortgage, slide Every year, ICBA calculates the top community bank loan producers in the agricultural, commercial and consumer categories, broken down by asset size. This year’s lending leaders can point to many different success factors, but at the heart of it all is second-to-none customer service. Read on for their stories.
The lenders that support specialty crops Aug 01st 2017 12:08am on Agriculture, Focus, Leadership, Lender Life, Lending Cattle, grain and dairy farms are under pressure, but what about other kinds of agriculture? We step outside the Midwest to visit fruit and vegetable farms and the lenders that support them.
Think Global, Act Local Oct 31st 2016 12:10am on Agriculture, Lender Life, Lending, Sponsored Content California bank grows to meet agricultural-market changes
REAP Energy Program Mar 31st 2015 03:03pm on Agriculture, Lending, Web Exclusives USDA-guaranteed loan program offers attractive funding for rural energy projects
Firsthand on the Farm Jul 01st 2013 03:07pm on Agriculture Top agricultural loan producers By Judith Sears Agriculture has been a bright spot in a struggling national economy for some years now, and some alert community banks are capitalizing on that vibrancy to amass healthy agricultural lending portfolios. Consider, for example, these three community banks: $75 million-asset First National Bank of Hope, Kan.; $49 million-asset […]
