Posts By: Betsy Urso

Farmer Mac cultivates securitisation programme International Financing Review By: Richard Leong Farmer Mac is ramping up its first agricultural mortgage securitisation programme which launched last year in its effort to expand financing in a largely untapped market. The government-sponsored enterprise, whose official name is Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp, sees its securitisation programme blossoming because of… Read more »

Here’s Why Buying U.S. Farmland Just Became More Expensive AgWeb By: Tyne Morgan Jackson Takach, chief economist for Farmer Mac, says the current environment of rising interest rates could impact farmland investments, and in turn, farmland values, which could show up in Q3 of 2022. Another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve last week… Read more »

Is Agriculture Better Prepared to Weather the Rapid Rise in Interest Rates? AgWeb By: Tyne Morgan The main signal that agriculture is in a better position than it was 40 years ago is leverage. “The Feed” shows the total sector debt-to-asset ratio has averaged 10% to 15% since the early 2000s, compared to 15% to… Read more »

Nontraditional Lenders and their Impact on the Agricultural Credit Markets Purdue University – Center for Commercial Agriculture In this episode, Purdue associate professor and agricultural economist Dr. Brady Brewer along with a panel of experts discuss various aspects of the ag credit market and how nontraditional lenders are impacting the ag credit markets. To view… Read more »

3 Economic Forces to Watch that Will Impact Agriculture BankBeat By: Sara Schafer Understand how global headwinds and tailwinds will affect your operation. (Top Producer) Understand how global headwinds and tailwinds will affect your operation INFLATION IMPACTS U.S. inflation is at a 40-year high, and the U.S. is not the sole owner of the inflation… Read more »