Our History
1916
President Woodrow Wilson signed the Farm Loan Act of 1916, establishing the Farm Credit System.
1933
Production Credit Associations (PCA) were created through the Farm Credit Administration, with Brookfield and Warrensburg offices opening as the 2nd and 3rd in the nation.
1968
Customer-owners fully own the capital of the Farm Credit System after repaying all government capital.
1978
Farmers borrowed a record $45 billion from the Farm Credit System at the height of farm success.
1985
The ag industry collapsed, evidenced by the Farm Credit System’s losses of $2.7 billion. Offices began consolidating to cut losses.
1986
The Central Production Credit Association was organized in Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas to save PCAs from insolvency.
1987
The Agricultural Credit Act organized the Farm Credit System in Missouri into four territories plus the Progressive Farm Credit Services serving the Bootheel region.
1989
Northwest and Southwest merged to form FCS of Western Missouri. Northeast and East Central merged to form FCS of Eastern Missouri.
2002
The boards of Eastern and Western Missouri voted to consolidate and rename the organization Farm Credit Services of Missouri with headquarters in Jefferson City.
2006
The organization changed its name to FCS Financial to expand its footprint in the ag credit market.