Farm equipment loans are a vital financing tool for agriculture producers across the country. Whether you need to purchase a tractor-trailer, irrigation equipment or a high-tech fertilizer spreader, ...

Strong credit demand from U.S. farmers pushed the average size of operating loans to a record and pushed up lending volumes in 2025, according to the National Survey of Terms of Lending to Farmers ...

For a quarter century, family-owned agricultural operations have received low-interest financing through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) to enhance their ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Kent Thiesse shares some tips for farm operators to be more proactive as they are preparing for an annual meeting with their ag lender. During these challenging farm financial times, it is good to ...

February, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman, Congressman Glenn (GT) Thompson (R-PA) released the text for the ...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson still wants to work on legislation that he calls “farm bill 2.0” this fall, but for now, farmers and ranchers scored significant wins with the ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made significant modifications to USDA mandatory farm programs and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Following these changes, the ...