As Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Farm Credit Administration's Web site.

FCA is the independent Federal agency responsible for examining and regulating the Farm Credit System, a Government-sponsored enterprise created by Congress in 1916 to provide American agriculture with a dependable source of credit.

Through its oversight and regulation of the Farm Credit System, FCA helps to ensure a safe, sound, and dependable source of credit and related services for agriculture and rural America.

Leland A. Strom
Chairman and CEO
Farm Credit Administration