CoBank is a national cooperative bank and member of the U.S. Farm Credit System that provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses, agricultural cooperatives, rural utilities and communications providers across all 50 states. As a customer-owned financial cooperative, its mission is to support agriculture and rural infrastructure for the benefit of rural America.
Agricultural finance, rural economic development, farm credit system governance, rural infrastructure investment including energy, water and telecommunications, and policies affecting cooperatives and agribusiness
Primarily raises capital by issuing debt securities through the Farm Credit System’s Funding Corporation and through earnings from lending and financial services
Farm Credit System, affiliated Farm Credit associations, agricultural cooperatives and rural utility organizations
Cooperative bank and government-sponsored enterprise