Agriculture banks are reporting higher profitability

Banks focusing on agriculture loans are reporting higher profits recently.

Researchers at the University of Illinois crunched the numbers and found that ag banks on average have a return on assets at 1.07 percent, which is compared to non-ag banks at 1.03 percent.

They also found ag banks are more efficient, too, with the efficiency ratio up several points during the fourth quarter.

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