{"id":245326,"date":"2024-02-07T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/lenders-want-to-support-farmers-conservation-efforts-heres-how-their-executives-can-help\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:41:30","slug":"lenders-want-to-support-farmers-conservation-efforts-heres-how-their-executives-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/lenders-want-to-support-farmers-conservation-efforts-heres-how-their-executives-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenders want to support farmers\u2019 conservation efforts. Here\u2019s how their executives can help."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14943\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-14943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low angle view of young corn plants in a field after the rain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers\u2019 conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey can inform agricultural lending institutions\u2019 climate and sustainability strategy development.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers rely on agricultural lending institutions for loans to cover equipment, land and operating expenses. In particular, loan officers at these institutions hold relationships with farmers and are often seen as trusted advisers and sources of information. Their perspectives and knowledge of conservation agriculture can significantly influence farmers\u2019 progress in adopting conservation practices.<\/p>\n<p>179 loan officers participated in this survey across the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Fifty-one percent of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/growingreturns\/2024\/02\/07\/ag-lenders-conservation-survey\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low angle view of young corn plants in a field after the rain \u00a0 A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers\u2019 conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey can inform agricultural lending institutions\u2019 climate and sustainability strategy development. Farmers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":245327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lenders want to support farmers\u2019 conservation efforts. 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