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Resources for the FCS

This page contains many resources for FCS staff, board members, and borrower-members.

For FCS staff and board members:

1. The FCA Handbook, which contains statutes related to FCA, FCA and FCSIC regulations, FCA Board policy statements, FCA bookletters, and pending regulations
2. Additional Guidance, including informational memorandums and summaries of selected legal opinions
3. The FCA Examination Manual, including the Information Technology section
4. Exam Bulletins
5. Consolidated Reporting System Reports
6. Submit CRS Data
7. Governance of FCS Institutions
8. E-commerce
9. Submit E-Data
10. Loan Portfolio Management (PDF, 28 pages, 640 KB)
11. FAQs About Governance Changes in 2006
12. Enforcement Actions by Other Regulators
13. FAQs About the Disclosure and Reporting Rule
14. FAQs About Collateral Evaluations

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 (PDF, 2 pages)

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)