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Farmer Mac Reports 2020 Results - Outstanding Business Volume of $21.9 Billion - - Announces 10% Dividend Increase - Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac;NYSE: AGM and AGM.A), the nation's secondary market provider that increases the availability and affordability of credit for the benefit of rural America, today announced its results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Fourth Quarter 2020 Highlights Net income attributable to common stockholders was $29.4 million, or $2....

Valbridge Property Advisors Opens 80th Office Location in San Luis Obispo, California Share Article SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (PRWEB) February 18, 2021 Valbridge Property Advisors, the largest independent commercial property valuation and advisory services firm in the U.S., announced today they have opened their 80th U.S. location on January 1, 2021 in San Luis Obispo, California as part of Valbridge Property Advisors | Central California. Leading the Valbridge Property Advisors | Central California office is Senior Managing Dire...

Promoting Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Rural Credit Getty/Joe Raedle Essential farm workers continue work as the Florida agriculture industry struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic, April 2020. Julia Cusick Introduction and summary The agricultural sector is heading toward a climate reckoning. Policy experts are beginning to uncover the true scale of climate risk to the financial sector, and agricultural lenders are not immune. Extreme weather events such as the August 2020 derecho—whose 700-mile trail of destruction cut through Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois, with winds reaching 10...

In the midst of the pandemic, the popular government’s response to small businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program got a needed boost of funds in the latest action by Congress to offer additional funds to meet the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus market impacts. Specifically, the bill provides $325 billion to support struggling businesses, including an additional $284 billion for PPP. Those who signed up during the first round can again apply for new loans starting Jan. 1. During the first round of PPP, which ran out of funds in August, those businesses in the farming, forestry an...

Share this article WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac;NYSE: AGM and AGM.A), the nation's secondary market provider that increases the availability and affordability of credit for the benefit of rural America, today announced that Charles A. Stones of Topeka, Kansas, has been sworn in as the newest member of the company's board of directors. Mr. Stones was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 2020 after being nominated for the position by President Trump earlier in the year. Mr. Stones replaces Bruce J. Sherrick o...