The law expanded federal support for rural credit as part of Wilson’s Progressive-era reforms, strengthening agricultural finance and the administration’s domestic policy legacy.
On July 17, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Farm Loan Act creating regional Federal Land Banks to extend long-term credit to farmers.
The law expanded federal support for rural credit as part of Wilson’s Progressive-era reforms, strengthening agricultural finance and the administration’s domestic policy legacy.
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