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The American Bankers Association today announced the recipients of its annual Bruning and Blanchfield Awards, the association’s premier awards presented for significant contributions to agricultural banking.
Farmers and the banks that lend to them are prospering again after several lean years, thanks to high crop prices and government subsidies. But sagging loan demand, inflation and what some observers see as a bubble in land values are fueling concern that the revival will be short-lived.