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Definition of Farm Credit System
1. Noun. A cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farm Credit System
Literary usage of Farm Credit System
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Development and Credit Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"It is precisely because the secondary market is a viable notion for agriculture
that the Farm Credit System has pushed to have expanded market powers for ..."
2. Time to Act: A Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms edited by Harold L. Volkmer (1998)
"Congress should enact legislation requiring that at least 15 percent of the Farm
Credit System borrowers include low-equity, beginning farmers annually. ..."
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