Editing Farm Credit Administration (section)

{{Short description|US federal government independent agency regulating farm loans}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Farm Credit Administration
| type            = 
| nativename      = 
| nativename_a    = 
| nativename_r    = 
| logo            = FCA logo.png
| logo_width      = 
| logo_caption    = Logo of the Farm Credit Administration
| seal            = FCA seal.png
| seal_width      = 200px
| seal_caption    = Seal of the Farm Credit Administration
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| formed          = {{Start date|1933|03|27}}
| preceding1      = [[Federal Farm Board]]
| preceding2      = <!-- (etc.) -->
| dissolved       = 
| superseding     = 
| jurisdiction    = [[United States]]
| headquarters    = [[McLean, Virginia]]
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| minister1_name  = 
| minister1_pfo   = 
| minister2_name  = 
| minister2_pfo   = <!-- (etc.) -->
| chief1_name     = [[Jeffery S. Hall]]
| chief1_position = Chairman of the Board and CEO
| chief2_name     = 
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| agency_type     = 
| parent_department = 
| parent_agency   = 
| child1_agency   = 
| child2_agency   = <!-- (etc.) -->
| keydocument1    = [[Farm Credit Act of 1971]]
<!-- (etc.) -->| website         = {{official URL|https://www.fca.gov/}}
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The '''Farm Credit Administration''' is an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]] of the [[federal government of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Emmerich|first=Herbert|date=1936|title=Distinguishing Administrative Aspects of the Farm Credit Administration|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400032639/type/journal_article|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=30|issue=6|pages=1117–1133|doi=10.2307/1948293|jstor=1948293 |s2cid=147195924 |issn=0003-0554|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Its function is to regulate the financial institutions that provide credit to farmers.