- December 2010
CoBank acquiring U.S. AgBank to form $85 billion behemoth, FCS takes huge loss on Kluge estate and winery loan, Another FCS credit disaster?, Holiday Greetings And Best Wishes For The New Year, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free to ABA members. (Download PDF)
- November 2010
Some wine will sour before its time – FCS faces a huge wine loss, FTime to fully tax the FCS, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free to ABA members. (Download PDF)
- October 2010
Ely to discuss election results at Ag Lenders conference, For the FCS, rural seems to encompass the entire country, AgFirst – another geographical overreacher, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free to ABA members. (Download PDF)
- September 2010
Ely to discuss election results at Ag Lenders conference, FCS mega-mergers in the works, FCA announces its latest regulatory performance plan, FCA extends comment period on buying loans of failed banks, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free to ABA members. (Download PDF)
- August 2010
FCS lending down, but profits up on fatter net interest margin, FCS failing to disclose enough about its problem institutions, FCA seeks revisions in the FCS’s joint-and-several liability, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free to ABA members. (Download PDF)
- July 2010
FCS has huge exemptions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Are mergers afoot among the FCS banks?, Report FCS lending abuses to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- June 2010
Big problems in the Texas Farm Credit District, FCS Insurance premiums cut in half, again, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- May 2010
FCS Bets Big with Derivatives, and Wins, Why FCS wants a derivatives carve-out, AgStar issues $100 million of costly subordinated debt, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- April 2010
FCS Exempted from Senate Version of Regulatory Reform, Jill Long Thompson Joins FCA Board, Another Mysterious FCA Enforcement Action, FCS to be Authorized to Purchase Loans of Failed Banks, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- March 2010
FCS Loan Growth Slowed in 2009 as Credit Problems Rose, FCA’s Hypocrisy Regarding Stockholder Involvement, Time to Subject the FCS to SEC Disclosure Oversight, Do Taxpayers Stand Behind FCS Debt?, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- February 2010
AgStar Dairy Financing Deals Turn Sour, Financial Conditions Rapidly Worsening in the FCS, FCA Policy with Regard to Enforcement Actions, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)
- January 2010
What is the FCA hiding, who is it protecting?, Another FCS merger in the works?, FCS insurance premiums cut by half for 2010, Availability of my latest FCS report, Report FCS Lending Abuses To: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Farm Credit Watch -- Free To ABA Members. (Download PDF)