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Best SBA lenders for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing

The SBA lenders that fund the most Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing businesses, ranked by funded volume with each lender's charge-off track record.

By Mario Bailey · Source: SBA FOIA data, as of 2026-03-31

First Financial Bank funds the most SBA volume in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing. Charge-off rates below are each lender's overall rate across all of its loans, as a track-record signal.

# Lender Volume in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Charge-off
1 First Financial Bank $462.8M 0.7%
2 Live Oak Banking Company $455.9M 0.3%
3 Metro City Bank $114.6M 0.1%
4 Southern Bancorp Bank $88.4M 0.0%
5 First Service Bank $75.6M 0.0%
6 WBD, Inc. $70.0M 0.0%
7 BankPlus $67.7M 0.0%
8 Newtek Bank, National Association $52.1M 0.0%

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Method and disclaimer. Ranked by funded SBA volume in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing from the public FOIA 7(a) and 504 data (as of 2026-03-31); see our methodology. SBA Loan Index is not affiliated with the SBA and is not a lender, broker, or financial advisor.

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