Source: Jacqui Fatka, FEEDSTUFFS, 10/30/20
 
 In 1987, when Congress voted to keep the Farm Credit System going with an infusion of funds, a contingency was that each of the system institutions needed to have a young beginner and small farmer program. In late 2017, when Iowa farmer Glen Smith took over as the president and chief executive officer of the regulatory arm of the Farm Credit System -- the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) -- he was interested in seeing the program grow and expand those opportunities for young and beginning farmers.

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