CoBank

CoBank is a national cooperative bank and a member of the U.S. Farm Credit System, founded in 1989. It provides financing and financial services to businesses that sustain rural America, among them agribusinesses, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations. The bank operates in all 50 states and is one of the largest private providers of credit to the U.S. rural economy.

Its core products include loans and leases for agribusinesses and infrastructure providers, capital markets and debt placement, export financing and cash management for its customer-owners. CoBank also runs the CoBank Knowledge Exchange, which publishes industry research and insights on the sectors it serves.

The bank's activities span agriculture, grain cooperatives, food and beverage, electric distribution, communications and broadband, water utilities and energy. Its ownership structure is cooperative: customers are also owners. The stated purpose is to strengthen rural economies through economic cycles, with an emphasis on partnership and the long-term prosperity of the rural communities served.