Welcome to the Agricultural Lending Institute!
Agricultural Lending Institute
As the premier institute for Ag lending professionals, ALI's goal is to develop effective leaders in agricultural finance. The training program involves two one-week sessions designed to be completed over a two-year period. Over the last twenty years, more than 500 participants have successfully completed the training.
ALI is a joint project of the Agricultural Lending Institute Inc., Bridgeforth LLP, and the University Business Center at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno.
ALI believes that great agriculture bankers are developed from hands-on, in-depth credit skills training taught by other agriculture bankers. The program is open to and attended by bankers, lawyers, accountants and farm managers.
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Learn about our 2024 Institutes
ALI-West Coast has been a leader in the field of ag credit training for nearly three decades, with more than 500 graduates. ALI-West Coast is designed as a two-year program, conducted concurrently on the campus of California State University, Fresno. Each year is a five-day program consisting of 36 hours of training on a wide range of financial analysis, underwriting, advanced credit topics and “in the field” collateral training taught by industry experts using a case study approach. ALI-West is designed for ag lenders with three to five years of lending experience.
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ALI-Midwest is NEW! We are proud of our affiliation with Iowa State University. This program was born of a need from our sponsoring bank clients who recognized the similar, yet uniquely different challenges in financing Midwest agriculture. ALI-Midwest is designed a bit different, as an intense, three-day, one-year program that will focus on a wide range of financial analysis, underwriting and advanced credit topics. ALI-Midwest is designed for ag lenders with preferably two years of lending experience who are looking to build a rock-solid foundation in ag lending.
