unit 4 exam

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The Farm Credit System is ______.

A government-sponsored enterprise

Robert is a rancher. He was told about the USDA Farm Service Agency offerings. What can he use an approved loan for?

Building a new hay barn

Which of these individuals may benefit from USDA Rural Development program offerings?

Community-managed lenders

Farmer Mac is supervised by which entity?

Farm Credit Services Administration

Direct farm ownership loans from the ______ may be used to buy farmland, construct and repair buildings, and make farm improvements.

USDA Farm Service Agency

The ______ can offer direct loans to farmers and ranchers. The loans are funded by congressional appropriation.

USDA Farm Service Agency

Which government program assists rural Americans by offering loans, grants, and loan guarantees for housing?

USDA Rural Development

How does Farmer Mac support agricultural producers?

By creating a secondary market for agricultural loans, making it possible for agricultural lenders to fund more loans

Farmer Mac is an entity that ______ for agricultural property loans, rural utility loans, and certain loans guaranteed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Creates a secondary market

The Farm Credit System is overseen by the ______, an agency of the federal government.

Farm Credit Administration

The ______ is a government-sponsored enterprise that works through a cooperative system to provide agricultural and rural loans.

Farm Credit System

Farm and Country Bank provides credit to the farmers, ranchers, and other rural residents of its community. What government program helps the bank maintain enough capital to fund those loans?

Farmer Mac

______ creates a secondary market for agricultural loans by buying the loans, pooling them, and selling them as securities.

Farmer Mac

Which entity provides disclosures and public information about the financial condition of FCS?

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation

Randall needs some new equipment for his ranching operation, and he needs a loan to purchase the equipment. When he approaches his local bank and applies for a Farm Credit System loan, how is the loan funded?

From the sale of Farm Credit System debt securities

Fred is an agricultural lender who helps the ranchers and farmers in his community by providing credit for purchasing land, making repairs to their buildings, and improving their agricultural property. He's able to do this in part because of the ______ offered by the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Guaranteed loans

Which type of support does the USDA Rural Development Program offer to its target audience of rural residents?

It offers direct loans, grants, and loan guarantees for housing and other rural needs, as well as advisor services to agricultural producers.

Which is one of the benefits of the USDA loan program?

No down payment is required.

The Farm Credit System funds are acquired from ______.

The sale of debt securities and international money markets

Why does the federal government have agricultural lending programs?

To ensure that credit is available to agricultural producers, who often can't meet conventional underwriting standards due to the nature of their work

To be eligible for a ______, an applicant must have participated in farm or ranch management for at least three years.

USDA loan through the Farm Service Agency

Sylvia is a single mother living in a small town surrounded by ranch and farm land. She would like to buy a house there, but her income level and her status as an independent contractor makes it hard for her to qualify for a conventional loan. What government program might provide her with a direct loan to purchase a home?

USDA Rural Development Single Family Housing Program


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