Resources for the FCS
This page contains many resources for FCS staff, board members, and borrower-members.
For FCS staff and board members:
- The FCA Handbook, which contains statutes related to FCA, FCA and FCSIC regulations, FCA Board policy statements, FCA bookletters, and pending regulations
- Additional Guidance, including informational memorandums and summaries of selected legal opinions
- The FCA Examination Manual, including the Information Technology section
- Exam Bulletins
- Consolidated Reporting System Reports
- Submit CRS Data
- Governance of FCS Institutions
- E-commerce
- Submit E-Data
- Loan Portfolio Management (PDF, 28 pages, 640 KB)
- FAQs About Governance Changes in 2006
- Enforcement Actions by Other Regulators
- FAQs About the Disclosure and Reporting Rule
- FAQs About Collateral Evaluations
- Market Emergency Standby Resolution
- FAQs About Borrower Rights
- FAQs About Stress Testing Expectations
For FCS Board members: The Director’s Role, which describes the responsibilities of FCS institution board members (PDF, 98 pages, 1.52 MB)
For FCS borrower-members: The Role of Farm Credit System Nominating Committees, a brochure describing the responsibilities of bank and association nominating committees in the director nomination process. Also available in Spanish (PDF, 2 pages, 1.08 MB).
For the FCS in general: Economic Overview, a PowerPoint presentation made at the April 6, 2006, FCA Board meeting, which addressed economic growth, interest rates, and banking; farm income, commodity prices, exports, and farm programs; and farmland prices, off-farm income, and farm structure (PDF, 20 pages)