Blog | AgSouth Farm Credit

Update: Hurricane Florence Preparations

9/11/2018

Due to the potential impact of Hurricane Florence, the following AgSouth offices will be closed Thursday and Friday:

Aiken
Allendale
Batesburg
Orangeburg
St. Matthews
Summerville
Walterboro

Hurricane Florence Preparations

9/10/2018

Hurricane Florence is a serious storm. While the most current tracks appear to indicate landfall in the Pee Dee or Cape Fear regions, our territory continues to be in harms’ way.

Spencer Floyd Accepts Position as Loan Officer with AgSouth Farm Credit

8/31/2018

STATESBORO, GA (September 1, 2018): AgSouth Farm Credit Regional Business Development Manager Al Baldwin announced that Spencer Floyd has accepted a position as a loan officer with AgSouth Farm Credit. Floyd has been a marketing specialist with AgSouth for the past two years, where he assisted in growing the association’s portfolio in the northernmost regions of AgSouth’s territory in both Georgia and South Carolina. He will remain in Camden, S.C., where he will focus on developing more personal relationships with the ag and rural communities in Richland, Kershaw and Fairfield counties.

AgSouth's Rock Hill Office Welcomes Back Sam Case

8/31/2018

STATESBORO, GA (September 1, 2018): Al Baldwin, Regional Business Development Manager with AgSouth Farm Credit, recently announced that Sam Case, a relationship manager in Camden, has relocated to the Rock Hill office at 1321 Springdale Road.

Farming Spoken Here

8/25/2018

When he was just 18 years old, Todd Turner took out his first farm loan. Decades later, he still relies on the same bankers to help keep his successful poultry and cattle operation going.

AgSouth Welcomes Attorney Bob Mikell to its Senior Staff

7/1/2018

STATESBORO, GA. (July 1, 2018): Pat Calhoun, CEO of AgSouth Farm Credit, announced that Bob Mikell has joined the cooperative as Senior Attorney.

Allen Daley Earns Banking School Diploma

5/21/2018

Allen Daley with AgSouth Farm Credit has graduated from the Georgia Banking School. The graduation ceremony took place May 11 at the Georgia Center’s UGA Hotel and Conference Center in Athens, Ga.

Jaime Medlock Joins AgSouth Farm Credit

4/30/2018

Statesboro, GA. (April 30, 2018): Christy Marsh, AgSouth Farm Credit’s Country Home Loan Manager, recently announced that Jaime Medlock has joined the association as a mortgage originator. Medlock will work from the Vidalia, Ga., office and will serve Tattnall, Toombs, Wheeler and Montgomery counties.

Georgia Cattlemen Initiate Feasibility Study

4/24/2018

Macon, Georgia - A group of cattlemen in the state of Georgia think that enhanced producer control might mean opportunity for one of Georgia's largest commodities. That's why they want to look at the supply chain and decide if there's a better way to "finish" cattle here and give local farmers the opportunity to grow the estimated $3 billion industry.

Leadership SE GA Class Stops in Statesboro

4/13/2018

Friday, the group will be hosted by AgSouth Farm Credit in their new operations center. They will hear from a variety of speakers including AgSouth CEO Pat Calhoun, Molly Bickerton, director of admissions for Ogeechee Technical College and Scott Shelar, CEO of the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia.

CFO Alisa D. Gunter Retires After 37 Years with AgSouth

3/24/2018

STATESBORO, GA.: (March 24, 2018): Pat Calhoun, Chief Executive Officer of AgSouth Farm Credit, has announced that Alisa D. ("Lisa") Gunter, Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the association as of March 31 after 37 years of service.

AgSouth Farm Credit Distributes $32.4 Million in Profits to Borrowers

3/24/2018

STATESBORO, Ga. (March 24, 2018) – AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Pat Calhoun announced that the customer-owned cooperative is distributing $32.4 million in profits from 2017 to its member-borrowers this weekend.

AgSouth Farm Credit Awards $25,000 in Grant Funds to Farmers Markets

3/19/2018

STATESBORO, GA – March 19, 2017: AgSouth Farm Credit Marketing Director Christy Smith has released the names of the recipients of AgSouth’s Think Outside the Store^®farmers market grant. The Association is distributing $25,000 in grant funds to local markets throughout AgSouth’s territory to use for advertising and promotion.

AgSouth Welcomes Back Mortgage Originator Phil M. Long

3/15/2018

STATESBORO, GA. (March 15, 2018): Christy Marsh, Country Home Loan Manager of AgSouth Farm Credit, recently announced that Phil M. Long has returned to the association as a mortgage originator for AgSouth’s home loan department and will be working from the company’s Spartanburg, S.C., office. Long was previously employed by AgSouth as a mortgage originator from 2005-2015.

Brandt Stone Joins AgSouth Farm Credit

3/2/2018

Statesboro, GA. (March 2, 2018):Christy Marsh, AgSouth Farm Credit’s Country Home Loan Manager, recently announced that Brandt Stone has joined the association as a mortgage originator. Stone will work from the Anderson, S.C., office and will serve Anderson and its surrounding counties.