Farm Credit System

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Farm Credit System

The oldest government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) (www.farmcreditffcb.com) in the country, created in 1916. It is a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and affiliated service entities that makes loans to agricultural and rural borrowers.The members do not take deposits.The funds for loans are obtained through the issuance of Farm Credit debt securities on a worldwide basis in the domestic and global capital markets.

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The Stable Outlook also considers AgFirst's ability to meet its mission of providing for the funding and liquidity needs of its agricultural district given a short-term disruption in its access to funding via the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the funding arm of the FCS.
Fitch Affirms AgFirst, FCB's IDR at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
Moreover, the Stable Outlook considers AgriBank's ability to meet its mission of providing for the funding and liquidity needs of its agricultural district given a short-term disruption in its access to funding via the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the funding arm of the FCS.
Fitch Affirms AgriBank's IDRs at 'AA-' & 'F1+'; Upgrades Support Rating Floor to 'A'
Copies of this press release, as well as other financial information regarding the System, including its annual and quarterly information statements, are available on the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation's website at www.
Standard & Poor's has Downgraded the Long-Term Debt Rating of the Farm Credit System Following the Downgrade of the Long-Term Sovereign Credit Rating of the United States; The Short-Term Debt Rating of the System Was Affirmed
NEW YORK -- Amy Krueger Marsh has been appointed a director of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation.
Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation Appoints Director
Sovereign rating may create challenges for the FCS and the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation (the issuing entity for the FCS) from issuing debt in the capital markets or from issuing on a cost efficient basis.
Fitch Affirms Farm Credit System; Outlook Stable

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