A policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says agricultural credit conditions weakened in the 7th district in the first quarter of 2026. David Oppedahl tells Brownfield, “There’s still a lot of demand for loans, particularly operating loans, but then the availability of funds and the rates of loan repayments are both down […]
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