# Agricultural Credit: Institutions and Issues - EveryCRSReport.com

> A Congressional Research Service report describes the institutions that lend to US farmers, including the USDA Farm Service Agency and the Farm Credit System. It notes FSA's loan portfolio and the roughly $441 billion farm debt market. The text includes content dated to 2022, so the document is a later revision.

- Date: 2021-04-21 · published 2021-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47579-agricultural-credit-institutions-and-issues-everycrsreport-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Farm credit availability shapes how much producers can borrow to expand or hold grain, but this background report carries no new supply or price shock.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-02-27 | [Major Agricultural Trade Issues in 2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54478-major-agricultural-trade-issues-in-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +2.6% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2019-05-20 | [Major Agricultural Trade Issues in the 116th Congress - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59090-major-agricultural-trade-issues-in-the-116th-congress-everycrsreport-com.md) | +3.2% | +10.8% |
| CORN | 2018-08-29 | [Agricultural Trade with Mexico and the Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Agreement in NAFTA Negotiations - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63508-agricultural-trade-with-mexico-and-the-preliminary-u-s-mexico-agreement-in.md) | +2.7% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-09-24 | [China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture: In Brief - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56926-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agriculture-in-brief-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.7% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-21 | [2023 and 2024 Farm Sector Profitability: Issues for Congress - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27388-2023-and-2024-farm-sector-profitability-issues-for-congress-everycrsreport-com.md) | -3.5% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2020-02-27 | [Major Agricultural Trade Issues in 2020 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54478-major-agricultural-trade-issues-in-2020-everycrsreport-com.md) | +2.0% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2019-05-20 | [Major Agricultural Trade Issues in the 116th Congress - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59090-major-agricultural-trade-issues-in-the-116th-congress-everycrsreport-com.md) | +1.0% | +11.1% |
| SOY | 2019-09-24 | [China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture: In Brief - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56926-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agriculture-in-brief-everycrsreport-com.md) | +1.5% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R46768.html

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