Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§2207 Young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - FARM CREDIT SYSTEM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM › Part Part D— - Activities of Institutions of the System › § 2207

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create programs to give safe, useful loans and related help to young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers. The programs must be coordinated with other Farm Credit System groups and with government and private lenders so the services are available across the area. Each program must be approved by the Farm Credit Bank that oversees the association. The Farm Credit Bank for each district must get annual reports from its associations about these programs and their progress. The bank must then send an annual summary of the district’s activities and results to the Farm Credit Administration.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §2207

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(a)Under policies of the Farm Credit Bank board, each association shall prepare a program for furnishing sound and constructive credit and related services to young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers. Such programs shall assure that such credit and services are available in coordination with other institutions of the Farm Credit System serving the territory and with other governmental and private sources of credit. Each program shall be subject to review and approval by the supervising bank.
(b)The Farm Credit Bank for each district shall annually obtain from associations under its supervision reports of activities under programs developed pursuant to subsection (a) and progress toward program objectives. On the basis of such reports, the bank shall provide to the Farm Credit Administration an annual report summarizing the operations and achievements in its district under such programs.

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Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334 struck out “district” before “Farm Credit Bank board” and “Federal land bank association and production credit” before “association shall prepare” and substituted “institutions” for “units”. 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–399, § 901(i), inserted “Farm Credit Bank” after “district”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–399, § 901(j), substituted “The Farm Credit Bank for each district” for “The Federal land bank and the Federal intermediate credit bank for each district”, “under its supervision” for “under their supervision”, “subsection (a)” for “subsection (a) of this section”, “the bank shall” for “the banks shall”, “an annual report” for “a joint annual report”, and “achievements in its district” for “achievements in their district”.

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Effective Date

of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 2207

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73