Federal Farm Loan Board
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The Federal Farm Loan Board was a U.S. government agency established in 1916 to oversee and regulate a system of federal land banks that provided long-term credit to farmers.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Farm Loan Bureau | 1 |
| Federal Farm Loan System | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal government agency
ⓘ
defunct government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| appliesToPopulation |
farm owners
ⓘ
farmers ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1933 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural finance
ⓘ
rural credit ⓘ |
| follows | Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedByStatute | Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
development of U.S. farm credit system
ⓘ
expansion of long-term credit for farmers ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | twelve regional federal land banks ⓘ |
| hasMainPurpose |
oversight of federal land banks
ⓘ
provision of long-term agricultural credit ⓘ regulation of federal land banks ⓘ support for farmers through credit system ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBoardMembers | 5 ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
to make farm ownership more accessible
ⓘ
to reduce interest rates on farm loans ⓘ to stabilize agricultural credit markets ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryScope |
farm real estate loans
ⓘ
federal land bank operations ⓘ long-term farm mortgages ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early federal intervention in agricultural credit ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | precursor to modern Farm Credit System ⓘ |
| inception | 1916 ⓘ |
| legalForm | independent regulatory board ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| operatesInTheEconomicSector |
credit and banking
ⓘ
rural development finance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Farm Loan System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Deal era institutional transition ⓘ |
| regulates | Federal Land Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Farm Credit Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | agriculture ⓘ |
| subclassOf | farm credit regulatory body ⓘ |
| supervises |
issuance of farm loan bonds
ⓘ
mortgage lending standards for federal land banks ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Farm Loan System
this entity surface form:
Federal Farm Loan Bureau