FARM FOUNDATION FORUM The Task of Rebuilding Rural Infrastructure - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FARM FOUNDATION FORUM

“The Task of Rebuilding Rural Infrastructure”

October 3, 2017

• More than 220 organizations

from across the country

• Advocating for investment in

infrastructure that recognizes rural America’s needs are fundamentally unique

• Infrastructure improvements

are needed for U.S. to maintain status as the global leader in agriculture & support rural communities

• Solutions...
• Federal investment

alone insufficient

• Streamlined regs and

requirements

• Creativity and flexibility
• long-term perspective

(i.e. no “quick fix”)

“Working Group”

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Coalition Priorities

100-Year-Old Mission Support rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services, today and tomorrow.

• Customer-owned Cooperative
• Provides Loans and Financial Services
• Nationwide Service
• No Government Funding
• Created in 1916
• Agriculture Committee Jurisdiction
• Regulated by Farm Credit

Administration

Farm Credit Facts

Supporting Rural Communities and Agriculture

Farm Credit Loans

U.S. Ag Exports Rural Home Lending Rural Infrastructure Farm Co-ops & Agribusinesses Farm Production Loans Farm Real Estate Loans

$5.5 $11.5 $27.4 $39.6 $50.3 $114.5

$billions, 12/31/16

$249 Billion

Supporting Rural Communities and Agriculture

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Farm Credit Funding Flows from Wall Street to Rural America

Farm Credit Funding Corp Farm Credit Banks Farm Credit Associations Farmers and Ranchers Rural Infrastructure Providers Rural Homebuyers Ag Co-ops and Agribusinesses Wall Street Investors CoBank

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