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Government Relations
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is an independent Federal agency that regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System (FCS), including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). The FCS is the largest agricultural lender in the United States. It is a nationwide network of lending institutions that are owned by their borrowers. It serves all 50 States and Puerto Rico. The FCS provides credit and other services to agricultural producers and farmer-owned cooperatives. It also makes loans for the following: - Agricultural processing and marketing activities - Rural housing - Certain farm-related businesses - Agricultural and aquatic cooperatives - Rural utilities - Foreign and domestic companies involved in international agricultural trade Our headquarters, as well as a field office, are located in McLean, Virginia. We also have field offices in Bloomington, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Sacramento, California. FCA is an equal opportunity employer. Because money doesn't grow on trees, there's the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). The FCA is responsible for regulating the banks and associations of the Farm Credit System, which is a nationwide network of borrower-owned institutions that lend money to farmers, ranchers, cooperatives, and other agricultural workers. Formed in 1933, the FCA ensures a dependable source of credit America's famers and ranchers by making sure the banking activities of the Farm Credit System are in compliance with the Farm Credit Act of 1971. Although the FCA is a federal agency in the executive branch of the US government, it is not supported by federal money, but rather by assessments paid by Farm Credit System institutions.
