U.S. AgBank, FCB, is part of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations. The bank provides funds for long-term real estate loans secured by first mortgages on farm and rural real estate. These long-term loans are made through Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs) and/or Federal Land Credit Associations (FLCAs). It also provides short- and intermediate-term loan funds to Production Credit Associations (PCAs) and ACAs, and to other financing institutions (OFIs) serving agricultural producers. ACAs, FLCAs, and PCAs have direct lending authority and may operate under joint management. These jointly managed institutions may do business under the name of Farm Credit. U.S. AgBank, FCB serves Farm Credit Associations in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Associations provide credit and credit-related services to eligible borrowers for qualified agricultural purposes.
Every year, CoBank partners with its customers to help build vibrant rural communities through its signature Sharing Success program. The program doubles the impact of customers by matching their charitable contributions. Since Sharing Success was established in 2012, CoBank and its customers have together contributed more than $76 million to charitable organizations across the country.