Federal Land Bank

noun

1. a U.S. federal bank for making long-term loans to farmers.

Example Sentences

Woodrow Wilson established not only the Federal Reserve, which acts as a lender of last resort to the financial system, but also the Federal Land Bank system, which provided direct long-term credit to farmers.

From Slate

I think I want to tell you that, faced with the certainty of Federal land bank and Farmers Home foreclosure, we came to the conclusion that Chapter 7, with its inherent finality, seemed the preferred route out of the morass of worry and debt.

From Time Magazine Archive

He got a loan from the Federal Land Bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is behind in a $10,000 payment to the federal land bank, and he is supposed to make another such payment this spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week's offering brought the total of Federal Land Bank financing for the past twelve months to $681,000,000�largest non-Treasury fiscal operation of the past year.

From Time Magazine Archive