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Regional President Angela Shannon Attends Leadership Program
 Angela Shannon, regional president in AgriLand’s Nacogdoches office, recently attended the Farm Credit Association Leadership Program in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, the program is designed to give association staff an inside look at how the Farm Credit System attracts money from Wall Street and flows it out to rural America through participants’ respective associations.
During the program, the group visited the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation and the financial district in New York City. Participants met with Farm Credit Council staff and Farm Credit Administration Chairman Lee Strom. They also met with their members of Congress, to impress on them the important role Farm Credit plays in rural America and in the lives of farmers and ranchers across the district.
“The association leadership trip provided me a valuable opportunity to meet with the people in Washington and New York who make decisions that affect our borrowers,” said Shannon. “We learned that the Farm Credit System is still financially strong and prosperous due to conservative lending policies and a strong credit culture. I was able to see firsthand how all the parts of the Farm Credit System work together to allow us to serve the needs of our customers.”
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AgriLand Welcomes New Staff Members
Read about our newest staff members (.pdf documents):
Timothy "Kyle" Watts Joins AgriLand as Credit Analyst
AgriLand Welcomes Brittany Werner to Beaumont Staff
AgriLand Welcomes Kristi Martinson to Beaumont Staff
AgriLand Welcomes John “Dalen” Bunch to Paris Staff
Stacy Whitener Joins AgriLand as Capital Markets Officer
Stacy Whitener Joins AgriLand as Capital Markets Officer
AgriLand welcomes Denise Allison to Paris Staff
Clay Bohan and Randal Prehoda Join AgriLand’s New Waverly Staff
AgriLand Welcomes Sara Cannon to Athens Staff
AgriLand Welcomes Thomas Miller to Clarksville Staff
AgriLand Welcomes Jennifer Morrison to Tyler Branch Staff
AgriLand Welcomes Clint Shimer to Nacogdoches Staff
ARCHIVED NEWS ARTICLES
- Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation and Incapital to Launch Retail Bond Program
The Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation recently announced an addition to their existing funding programs. A new Farm Credit Retail Bond program was launched on May 23, 2011. Farm Credit Retail Bonds will be available to investors through a select group of securities dealers that comprise the Funding Corporation’s Farm Credit Retail Bond Selling Group. Interested investors can obtain information and a list of Retail Bond Selling Group members on the Funding Corporation’s website: www.farmcredit-ffcb.com.
The press release announcing the program can be found here.
Farm Credit Retail Bonds are the general unsecured joint and several obligations of the Farm Credit System Banks and are not obligations of or guaranteed by the United States or any Federal agency or instrumentality, other than the Banks. This information does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation to purchase Farm Credit Retail Bonds.
The Farm Credit Retail Bonds are not deposits of a Farm Credit System Bank or Association and are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency of the United States. The Farm Credit Retail Bonds are subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of principal and value.
- AgriLand Farm Credit Announces Board Election Results
AgriLand Farm Credit is pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Board of Director election. This election year included three director seats, each of whose term expired in 2010. As a result of our association's cooperative member votes, all three incumbents were re-elected. Those re-elected to the board include: Michael Blackburn, Paris, TX; Wayne Ryser, Windom, TX; and Bobby Hobson, Douglass, TX.
Other members of the board of directors for AgriLand Farm Credit include: Bob Christophersen, Bogata, TX; Mickey Crow, Brownsboro, TX; James Dawley, Mexia, TX; Richie DeVillier, Winnie, TX; David Hill, Queen City, TX; Greg Richbourg, Tyler, TX; and Dennis Walker, Tyler, TX.
In a recent press release announcing the election results, Mr. Roger Brist, AgriLand Farm Credit's Chief Executive Officer was quoted, "Having each of our directors re-elected is a testament of our stockholders' support and reflects on the stability of this leadership team and the association."
The association's Nominating Committee slate was additionally elected. Members of AgriLand Farm Credit's Nominating Committee are: Pat DeVoss, Paris, TX; Scott Lindeman, Clarksville, TX; Bill Stelzer, Celina, TX; Keith Ragland, Wills Point, TX; Kenneth Lewis, Tyler, TX; Jack Robinson, Quitman, TX; Harold Clubb, Hamsire, TX; Joseph "Kip" Stuver, Wortham, TX; John Olan Turner, Grapeland, TX; Dale Raney, Cookville, TX; Ted Hand, Tyler, TX; and William Sims, Mexia, TX.
We appreciate and thank all 2010 participants for their valuable time and dedicated service. Most of all, we thank our shareholders for exercising their cooperative advantage by casting their vote in this election. We encourage you to contact the administrative office in Tyler if you would like to receive further information about the election process, or with any general questions.
- AgriLand Farm Credit Announces 2011 Marsha Martin Scholarship Program Offering
TYLER, Texas – Download a scholarship application and instructions here. Deadline for filing is February 11, 2011.
- AgriLand Farm Credit Welcomes New CCO
TYLER, Texas –AgriLand welcomed John Holland as senior vice president and chief credit officer in July 2010. Previously, Holland spent 12 years as regional vice president of the central region of AgCountry Farm Credit Services, where he managed loan and lease volume of $385 million. Under his leadership, the central region's credit quality was 100 percent acceptable.
In addition to his experience with the Farm Credit System, Holland also has 11 years of experience in the independent banking industry, where he served in various positions including bank president.
Holland graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He has been active in community organizations, including the chamber of commerce, Lions Club, Ducks Unlimited and Golf Club, and is president of the Economic Development Authority.
Holland will be working diligently to improve the credit quality conditions within the association. "John brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in agricultural lending," says Roger Brist, AgriLand chief executive officer. "I am confident that under his leadership, AgriLand will move forward in both loan quality and loan volume."
- AgriLand Farm Credit Announces 10th Annual Marsha Martin Scholarship Program
TYLER, Texas – AgriLand Farm Credit established an agricultural scholarship program in honor of Marsha Pyle Martin, a Paris, Texas native, who served as chairman and chief executive officer of the Farm Credit Administration until her death on January 9, 2000 from cancer.
Marsha was additionally recognized as the first woman senior executive in the Farm Credit System, serving as vice president of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, and the first woman to serve as director of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.
A lifelong advocate for farmers, ranchers and rural America, Martin spent more than 30 years working in agriculture and agricultural finance. “Marsha was a proud East Texan and a great supporter of rural youth and agriculture,” said Roger Brist, AgriLand Farm Credit chief executive officer. “We are pleased to continue her legacy by offering scholarships in Marsha’s name to our future agricultural leaders.”
AgriLand Farm Credit awarded its’ first scholarship in 2000, and in the last decade, has awarded over $64,000 in scholarship monies in Marsha’s honor.
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