AgFirst, part of the US Farm Credit System, serves as a wholesale lender and business-service provider to a network of local farm credit associations in 15 southern and eastern states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.[1][2] It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Farm Credit Bank of Baltimore and the Farm Credit Bank of Columbia.[3] The lender is cooperatively owned by 16 local associations.[4] These associations, operating as Farm Credit and Ag Credit associations, provide real estate and production financing to about 80,000 farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners.[5]
^House Committee on Agriculture, United States Congress (2001). Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Its Subcommittees, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May, June, July, 2001. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 310. ISBN978-0-16-066027-6.
^FCA (1995). Annual Report on the Financial Condition and Performance of the Farm Credit System. The Administration. p. 26.
