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Ag lending outlook & top challenges

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Strong demand is a factor in the ag lending outlook ahead Ag lenders can begin taking steps to ensure they are prepared and can provide positive customer or member experiences. The outlook for ag lending has its share of uncertainty. Inflation, rates are factors in ag lending outlook. Farmers expect worse in 2023. Rising inputs.

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Ag lending risk increasing as result of declining incomes

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“Although loan volumes have increased steadily since 2011, recent increases have coincided with a period of declining farm income,” said a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The report noted that since 2012, crop cash receipts have declined by more than 20 percent, according to the USDA.

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For Ag Lenders, Farm Outlook Warrants Watching

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farmers is even more unpredictable than in recent years, so financial institutions will want to keep a close eye on the agricultural sector -- both to protect ag lending portfolios and tap into ag loan growth opportunities. Stay up to date on the farm outlook and ag lending best practices. The economic and financial outlook for U.S.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

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Economy , supervisory and risk specialists from the Federal Reserve of Kansas outline top challenges and opportunities regarding the future of community banking. Community banks are critical to ag lending and small business lending. In the recent publication, Community Banks’ Ongoing Role in the U.S. In fact, one in five U.S.

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Is Tribal Lending Done?

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The Kansas businessman – facing a 2017 conviction for violating federal truth in lending and racketeering laws in connection with his online lending business – attempted to apologize for the $3.5 But tribal lending has its defenders as well, who note that the funds it generates are essential to the tribes that offer it.

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Ag lending demand increases as farm margins tighten

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“Loan volumes for almost all farming purposes rose at commercial banks, as many producers contended with tighter profit margins” during the first quarter, said a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Persistently low crop prices and elevated input costs continued to increase farmers’ short-term financing needs.”

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Non-performing ag loans increase, says lender survey

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Agricultural lenders are reporting increases in non-performing farms loans and decreased farmland values, according to the latest Agricultural Lender Survey conducted by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Image credit: Forest Wander via Flickr CC.

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