Training Topics

Below is a list of available topics which can be selected as training content for your board of directors.

These topics are all Farm Credit specific and are all identified by the Farm Credit Administration as key concepts in regard to the safe and sound operation of a Farm Credit Institution.

  • Overview of the Farm Credit System, the FCA, and FCSIC

  • Farm Credit Institution Board structure & composition (including audit & compensation committees)

  • Farm Credit Institution Board responsibilities & roles

  • Standards of conduct for directors

  • FCA’s examination, supervision, and enforcement authorities and activities

  • Farm Credit Institution Key Financial Metrics

  • Capital Adequacy

  • Capital Management

  • Portfolio Quality & Composition

  • Allowance for Losses

  • Investments

  • Portfolio Planning & Analysis

  • Risk Identification

  • Credit Administration

  • Concentration Risk Management

  • Loan Underwriting Direction

  • Collateral Risk Management

  • Direction & Control of Operations

  • Business Strategy & Planning

  • Audit & Review Programs

  • Human Capital Management

  • Mission Compliance

  • Business Continuity

  • Information Technology & Security

  • Director Elections & Qualifications

  • Standards of Conduct, Whistleblower, & Criminal

  • Federal Lending Regulations

  • Borrower Rights

  • Financial & Shareholder Reporting

  • Earnings Adequacy

  • Earnings Management

  • Liquidity Risk

  • Liquidity Management

  • Interest Rate Risk

  • Interest Rate Risk Management