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- Ethanol Industry Squeezes an Otherwise Profitable Farmer Mac
- Folks -- or should I say shareholders -- were falling all over themselves yesterday on news that the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., commonly called Farmer Mac, posted a first-quarter profit. Hooray --Â good for them. Let's not forget the other piece of the rural lender's earnings report. The...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
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- Farmer Mac: Some Progress Made, but Greater Attention to Risk Management, Mission, and Corporate Governance Is Needed.
- GAO-04-116 October 16, 2003 In the late 1990s, GAO found that the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Farmer Mac, a federal government-sponsored enterprise, had significant assets in nonmission investments and analyzed its long-term viability. Recently, Congress asked GAO to report on Farmer Mac's (1) financial condition, (2) mission, (3)...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- Will three times be the charm for Farmer Mac? A 1996 revamp adjusted deficiencies in powers and structure left by the 1987 blueprint. Now new efforts, including a partnership with ABA, promise to bring more banks into the fold.(Federal Agricultural Mortga
- Most people celebrate anniversaries. But to Henry Edelman, Farmer Mac president and CEO since the agency's beginning, the upcoming 20th anniversary of the concept of Farmer Mac isn't the date to celebrate. For that matter, he says in a recent interview, neither is the 1989 launch...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Farmer Mac strategy obscured by custody battle. (Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.)(Agricultural Banking)
- Farmer Mac strategy obscured by custody battle Farmer Mac strategy obscured by custody battle
- Research articles 1991-11-01
- Farmer Mac gets ready to roll. (Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.)
- Farmer Mac gets ready to roll Farmer Mac gets ready to roll
- Research articles 1989-05-01
- ABA and Farmer Mac renew alliance.(ABA Resources)(American Bankers Association)(Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.)(Brief article)
- ABA and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. announced the renewal of the ABA-Farmer Mac Alliance. ABA and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. announced the renewal of the ABA-Farmer Mac Alliance.
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- The American Bankers Association expands its members-only alliance with the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation to provide an outlet to sell home mortgage loans on rural properties situated on large parcels of land engaged in agricultural producti
- The American Bankers Association ABA expands its members-only alliance with the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Farmer Mac to provide an outlet to sell home mortgage loans on rural properties situated on large parcels of land engaged in agricultural production. The agreement extends the member advantaged benefits to Farmer Mac's...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Conduits of Credit and as Competitors of Banking Institutions
- Government-sponsored enterprises, GSEs, are privately owned firms that have been chartered by Congress to accomplish public purposes. With current credit obligations exceeding $1.5 trillion, they are well-established participants in the nation's money and capital markets. The first GSE participation in these markets occurred in 1916, when the Federal Land Banks...
- White papers 1995-06-01
- Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll now be conduction the question and answer session. Operator Instructions. Our first question is coming from George Mahger of Private Investor (ph 00:15:07). Please state your question. [George Mahger – Private Investor] My...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-11
- Industry Timeline
- 1986 - Reg Q discontinued; Tax Reform Act extends deductibility of interest on home equity lines.1987 - ABA forms American Bankers Professional & Fidelity Insurance Co.; Farmer Mac created; Congress passes Expedited Funds Availability Act.1988 -ABA forms its for-profit subsidiary, the Corporation for American Banking.1989 - ABA adds "service memberships"...
- Research articles 2005-04-15
- Bear Stearns F.A.S.T. Group Introduces The Investor's Guide to Credit Tenant Lease Securities
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 16, 1999-- Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. announced today that its Financial Analytics and Structured Transactions Group (F.A.S.T.) has introduced a ten-page Investor's Guide to Credit Tenant Lease Securities CTLS. The guide continues Bear Stearns popular series of Investor Guides on Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, CMBS...
- Research articles 1999-12-16
- Ethanol Plants Idle, Workers Wait as VeraSun Buyout Drags Out
- Several companies including U.S. oil refiner Valero Energy have swooped up ethanol plants from bankrupt-plagued VeraSun Energy. But employees at many of these plants are still worrying and waiting for the deals to close so they can get back to work. Valero has the highest profile deal --...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- California Kicks Corn-based Ethanol to the Curb; Welcomes Futuristic Biofuels
- The corn ethanol industry already reeling from low gasoline prices and higher corn and energy costs suffered another blow to its bottom line and possibly its future Thursday when the California Air Resource Board OK'd the nation's first low-carbon fuel standard. In a 9-1 vote late Thursday CARB approved...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Does EPA Biofuels Proposal Really Threaten Corn-based Ethanol?
- Politicians, ethanol producers and environmentalists have worked themselves into a frenzy since the Environmental Protection Agency, acting under 2007 legislation, proposed new standards for the biofuels industry aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Much of the verbal sparring centers on how emissions of biofuels will be measured and whether the proposed rule unfairly...
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Virent Energy, Shell Poised for Second-Gen Biofuels Race
- Now that the dust kicked up over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules for the biofuels industry has settled just a little bit, it's worth taking a look at Virent Energy Systems and Royal Dutch Shell, companies well-positioned in the advanced biofuels race. The EPA released this week its draft regulations requiring biofuels to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Does Conoco Deserve a Subsidy to Produce Biofuels?
- ConocoPhillips ended its long-idling animal fat-to-diesel fuel project with Tyson Foods on Wednesday because federal tax credits slashed in half last fall have yet to be restored by lawmakers. The question is whether Conoco, the second-largest U.S. oil refiner, should have ever qualified for the $1-per-gallon tax credit?...
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Green Plains, Sunoco Deals Highlight Bargain-Basement Ethanol Plant Prices
- It's remarkable what ethanol plants are going for these days. Two separate ethanol plant purchases this week shine a glaring light on how far prices have dropped since last year. With prices this low, the ethanol-producing industry is going to experience rapid consolidation, that's already begun. Philadelphia-based...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Who Will Buy Bankrupt Ethanol Maker Aventine?
- Bankrupt ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy is no longer tying up all its effort and hopes into recapitalization. Company leaders obviously aware of the massive hurdles it faces, has put its business up on the public selling block. Will another oil refiner, like Valero Energy, jump into the biz and buy...
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- POET to Use Corn Cobs - Not Natural Gas - to Power Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
- POET has figured out what the rest of the corn-based ethanol industry has failed to grasp: relying on price-volatile fossil fuels to power its plants is bad for business. POET announced Wednesday it will use corn cobs -- specifically the liquid waste created in the cob-to-fuel conversion process -- to power its...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- GreenHunter Puts 'For Sale' Sign on Biodiesel Refinery
- GreenHunter Energy has joined the growing list of U.S. biodiesel companies struggling with European tariffs on exports and low oil prices. Just last year the company opened a massive biodiesel refinery in Texas -- considered the largest in the U.S. -- capable of producing 105 million gallons a year. Now that...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
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