Yankee Farm Credit Reports Second Quarter Results for 2017

Yankee Farm Credit today announced second quarter financial results for 2017. Yankee is a farmer-owned credit cooperative serving Vermont and parts of New York and New Hampshire. Quarterly earnings were up slightly from the prior year, and loan quality remained stable. Yankee’s overall level of capital remains strong.

Q2 Financial Results

Quarterly net income for Yankee was $2.9 million, an increase of $218 thousand from 2016. Net interest income increased 11 percent, from the same period in 2016, to $4.5 million. Other income increased $59 thousand, primarily due to income from fees for financial services. These increases were offset by higher expenses due to Yankee’s cost of conversion to a new information technology platform and the additional costs of enhanced risk management practices.

Loans held by the Association at June 30, 2017 were $479.4 million, down $1.3 million from year end. The loan portfolio continues to be concentrated in the dairy industry, with 51.2 percent of the loans invested in dairy businesses. The second largest concentration is timber, with 13.3 percent of the loan volume at quarter end.

Credit quality across Yankee’s loan portfolio remained stable during the quarter and well within the risk-bearing capacity of the Association. At quarter end 1.1 percent of the Association loans were classified as nonperforming, 0.1 percent improved from the end of 2016. There were no loan charge-offs but recoveries of $5 thousand in the quarter. The Association’s permanent capital ratio at quarter end was 18.9 percent, unchanged from the end of 2016.

The 2016 patronage refund to members in the amount of $5.1 million was paid 100% in cash on March 22, 2017.

About Yankee

Yankee Farm Credit is a member-owned cooperative which provides loans and financial services to farmers and other rural customers. Yankee is an agricultural credit association (ACA) within the national Farm Credit System. Yankee serves all of Vermont, four counties in New Hampshire (Cheshire, Coos, Grafton and Sullivan) and two counties in New York (Clinton and Essex).

For more information about Yankee visit the Association’s website at www.yankeeaca.com. The complete quarterly report is available on the website.