Farm loan volume near record highs due to ‘suppressed’ income

“Persistently weak profit margins in the farm sector continued to intensify the challenge of maintaining adequate cash flow” in the first three months of this year, says the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. With farm income “suppressed,” farm lending activity was high, the bank said in its Ag Finance Databook covering conditions nationwide. Farm banks… » Read More

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