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Traditional Procedures To Qualify For A Bank Loan For Agriculture Lending VS Agrilend

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

Traditionally Farmers have to go through a serious of banking procedures to qualify for a loan and just that process can be a very expensive undertaking and investment for the already distressed agricultural business. The procedures common and absolutely necessary and does not always guarantee a loan will proceed with a bonafide commitment from the bank or lender. These procedures are feasibility studies, environmental studies, certified business valuations, real estate appraisals, and even equipment appraisals. The process is time consuming which may endure many months and cost can range from $30,000-$250,000... Membership fees are much less than the traditional banking lending model and is guaranteed...

The problem with traditional Agricultural Lending

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

The problem with traditional Agricultural Lending is beyond Portfolio Theory, Diversification, Credit or Operational Risk, as well as Financial Servicing Capacity to service debt obligations in unpredictable markets predicated by supply and demand. Its problem is the Federal Reserve and a lack of understanding Commodity prices influenced by intermarket technical analysis conditioned to incremental, often unpredictable movements in bonds, stocks, treasuries, utilities, interest rates, and as well as international currencies pegged to the U. S... The difference in rates of different maturities raises the issue of the best choice of maturity for lending or borrowing over a given time horizon... The alternative choice would be to lend short term and renew the lending up to the horizon of the lender...

Categories: Agribusiness

We are seeking investment opportunities in Agriculture.

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

Agrilend has been in business for over 24 years, first registered as Servicios Financieros de Agricultura, S. A. in Colombia it extended its growth incorporating two other entities controlled by the Colombian Parent company to be domiciled in The United States of America, the first being Agriculture Services & Supply, Inc registered as a for profit corporation in Florida in November 1, 1994 and then its financing lending operation Agricultural Mortgage Company of America, LLC License Number ML0100663 incorporated in May 1rst of 2001. Agrilend let its Commercial Lending license to expire in August 31, of 2002 to assume more the business model utilized in Private Equity and not just restricted to the banking regulations of commercial lending. During this 24 year period, however, the real growth of the company has occurred during the last preceding 19 years in operation throughout 6 of its subdivisions in terms of agricultural finance, trade, export, import, production, distribution, manufacturing, and portfolio diversification...

21st Century American Ag: Sourcing Successors and Finding Farmland

By Gregory Heilers

Published 1 years, 2 months ago

It’s no secret that America’s farmers are aging. In the last 35 years, the average age of American farmers has risen more than eight years to over 58 years-old. While the U. S... For insight into blending the beginnings and endings of farming careers in 2018, we sat down with veteran farmer Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, as well as farmer and Land For Good’s Massachusetts Field Agent, Jason Silverman...

Citizens Weekly Newsletter November 30, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published 10 months ago

· The moment we have all been waiting for is just a day away as the G20 summit kicks off and the world awaits the dinner meeting between President Xi and President Trump scheduled for Saturday. Traders seem to bouncing between excitement and pessimism at a break neck pace. At the time of this writing however beans are at the high end of their recent range as we work towards the close... · Aside from China we are revisiting refinery waiver and biofuel blending requirements as well... · We are also waiting for the EPA to announce their targets for biofuel blending in 2019...

Categories: Agribusiness

How can Farmers get Paid Right Now By Becoming an Agrilend Member

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

Agricultural Businesses or Farmers for the last few centuries have relied on Fiat Currency. In Monetary economics, fiat money is an intrinsic value object or record and is widely used as a means of payment. Investment Bankers can monitor its supply in circulation by the money aggregates, M1,M2,M3, or M4. However for a farmer who relies on goods being exchanged Fiat has several disadvantages, especially for Agricultural Farmers who produce today hoping to get paid tomorrow for the commodities they produce... They need money now, fast, quickly, and with international reach without bankers charging interest on their money at the federal reserve fractional lending rate of 3...

Agrilend uses Emerging Technologies to provide the highest returns to Agricultural Investors.

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

Risk Neutrality is conceptually the inverse of Risk & Return, it is a critical concept for arbitrage issues in corporate lending to the agricultural market. When playing heads and tails, we toss a coin. Let's say we gain if we have heads and lose in the case we have tails. There is a 50% chance of winning or losing. The gain is 100 if we win and - 50 if we lose...

Agrilend.co Utilizes Equity or Zero Interest Loans to Farmers, Here is Why.

By Robert Morgan

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

There are essentially two ways to print or create money. Debt, or Equity. Equity should be the preferred for any agricultural enterprise as it creates more value in the long run for all stakeholders, ranchers, and farmers. However, banks are in the business of lending and borrowing and lending agribusiness debt over and over and over until your credit ratings are jeopardized to the point where your cost of borrowing puts your business in a position where the bank will eventually own the business, through default. First, you have to understand the more liabilities the bank has the more valuable it is for those who own it...

Citizens Weekly Newsletter November 23, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published 10 months ago

• Not much in the way of significant news throughout the week, as typical for this time of year in the grain markets most traders are already in holiday mode. Soybeans have managed to hold their own after a rough start to the week, while corn and wheat are testing the downside of the most recent trading range. • Corn traders continue to monitor what is taking place in the crude market as selling pressure there has ramped up significantly. The crude complex has lost 31% in the last 7 weeks, hitting its lowest level in a year to close out the week... While the reset is necessary due to our lack of infrastructure to meet the second-generation biofuel requirements (ethanol produced from algae, corn stover etc), there is a concern this could result in a lowering of corn based ethanol blending...

Categories: Agribusiness