Farm Credit of Southern Colorado is a member-owned agricultural lending cooperative that provides financing, crop and livestock insurance, and related financial services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners in southern Colorado. Established in 1916 as part of the nationwide Farm Credit System, its mission is to support rural communities and agriculture with reliable credit and long-term financial partnership.
Agricultural finance, rural credit access, crop insurance, farm ownership and succession, rural infrastructure investment, and federal policies affecting the Farm Credit System and agricultural lending
Primarily funded through the Farm Credit System’s issuance of debt securities on national capital markets via the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation; earnings are retained or returned to member-borrowers through patronage dividends
Farm Credit System, CoBank, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, Farm Credit Council
Agricultural Credit Association (member-owned financial cooperative)