Farm Credit System celebrates 90th. From: Rural Cooperatives | Date: September 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Rural America's customer-owned financial partner, the Farm Credit System, celebrated its 90th anniversary of service on July 17, the date when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Farm Loan Act in 1916. Today, with more than $106 billion in loans financing agriculture and its related cooperatives, rural homebuyers, small community infrastructure and the export of U.S. farm commodities, the Farm Credit System is the oldest and largest financial cooperative in the nation.

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