The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is an independent Federal agency that regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System (FCS), including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac).\n\nThe FCS is the largest agricultural lender in the United States. It is a nationwide network of lending institutions that are owned by their borrowers. It serves all 50 States and Puerto Rico. \n\nThe FCS provides credit and other services to agricultural producers and farmer-owned cooperatives. It also makes loans for the following:\n\n- Agricultural processing and marketing activities \n- Rural housing \n- Certain farm-related businesses \n- Agricultural and aquatic cooperatives \n- Rural utilities \n- Foreign and domestic companies involved in international agricultural trade\n\nOur headquarters, as well as a field office, are located in McLean, Virginia. We also have field offices in Bloomington, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Sacramento, California.\n\nFCA is an equal opportunity employer.