Can FCA provide information about U.S. farm real estate trends?
Whatever information FCA has on U.S. farm real estate trends comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You may find the Web site of USDA’s Economic Research Service helpful. • A Farm Credit System institution in which I own shares appears to no longer exist. Can you tell me if the institution was acquired by another institution? Yes. Over the years, many Farm Credit System institutions have merged with other institutions and undergone name changes. Please contact the FCA Office of Congressional and Public Affairs (Tel: 703-883-4056; E-mail: info-line@fca.gov) with the name of the institution; we will research the name and let you know what we find. • Is FCA part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture? No. We were created in 1933 by the Executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as an independent agency to regulate the Farm Credit System, a nationwide financial cooperative that lends to agriculture and rural America. For a few years, from 1939 to 1953, FCA was part of USDA,
