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Record Keeping Can Help Make Your Farm Successful Now

While record-keeping may not be the most fulfilling part of your job as a farmer, it is one of the most beneficial and essential tasks you will do for your operation.
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Farm Loans: What You Need to Know

Farmers are unique compared to other business owners. Here's what you need to know when looking to obtain credit.
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AgSouth Announces 2023 Director Election and Nominating Committee Results

AgSouth Farm Credit Announces 2023 Board of Director and Nominating Committee Results

10/18/2023
STATESVILLE, NC (October 18, 2023) – AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Vance Dalton announced the winners of the 2023 Board of Director and Nominating Committee Election. AgSouth Farm Credit is a member-owned cooperative and relies on their members to help build the leadership that serves them. Open Director seats and the Nominating Committee are voted for by eligible stockholders during the Annual Meeting. This year’s Annual Meeting was held on September 6, 2023, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Eligible stockholders were able to submit their ballot by mail or online.
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Boost Your Farm Productivity with Operating Lines of Credit

Boost Your Farm Productivity with Operating Lines of Credit

Make a list of essential ways to boost a farm’s productivity, and an operating line of credit will be on it. The benefits are both tangible and intangible, says Stacy Nobles, a relationship lending manager with AgSouth Farm Credit. He and Allen Daley, a relationship lender with AgSouth, have 38 years between them in helping farmers tailor operating lines of credit that best fit their businesses.
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AgSouth Farm Credit Regional Lending Manager Troy Brownlee has announced that he is excited to have Helen Schertz at AgSouth as the newest Loan Officer in the Aiken, SC branch office.

AgSouth Welcomes Helen Schertz as Aiken Loan Officer

1/24/2024
Aiken, SC.: (January 23, 2024): AgSouth Farm Credit Regional Lending Manager Troy Brownlee has announced that he is excited to have Helen Schertz at AgSouth as the newest Loan Officer in the Aiken, SC branch office.
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AgSouth Farm Credit Crop Insurance Manager Sandra Meeks has announced that she is excited to have Darcy Davis back at AgSouth as the newest Crop insurance Agent in the Blackshear, GA branch office.

AgSouth Welcomes Darcy Davis as Crop Insurance Agent

1/22/2024
Blackshear, GA.: (January 18, 2024): AgSouth Farm Credit Crop Insurance Manager Sandra Meeks has announced that she is excited to have Darcy Davis back at AgSouth as the newest Crop insurance Agent in the Blackshear, GA branch office.
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Construction to Permanent FAQs

The Best Answers to Your Construction to Permanent Loan Questions

Want to build your home? Here are answers to commonly asked questions about our Construction to Permanent Loan Programs. Learn about down payments, term options, barndominiums, out of pocket fees and more.
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AgSouth Awards Scholarships to North Carolina Agriculture Students

AgSouth Awards Scholarships to North Carolina Agriculture Students

1/10/2024
STATESVILLE, NC – Vance C. Dalton, Jr., CEO of AgSouth Farm Credit, announces that AgSouth Farm Credit awarded scholarships for to four students at North Carolina State University, four students at North Carolina A&T University, and five students at the University of Mount Olive for the 2023-2024 academic school year.
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AgSouth announces the recipients of this years Growing Our Communities Grant.

AgSouth Awards 42 Grants to Community Organizations

12/13/2023
STATESVILLE, NC – AgSouth Farm Credit recently awarded grant funding to 42 local non-profit organizations and farmers markets for the 2023-2024 Growing Our Communities Grant program for approximately $200,000. The grant recipients were selected from 276 grant applications received across Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Each applicant was eligible to receive up to $5,000.
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Understanding Farm Financials Part 2

Understanding the business side of farming can be hard. In this article, we talk about the ratios that tell the story of how financially healthy your farm is.
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Understanding Farm Financials Part 1

Whether you’re coming back to the family farm or starting up your own operation, understanding the business side of farming can be hard.
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Farm Credit Hosts FFA Ag Mechanics Contest at Sunbelt Expo and Announces Winners

Farm Credit Hosts FFA Ag Mechanics Contest at Sunbelt Expo

Students from FFA chapters across the state of Georgia had the opportunity to enter and exhibit their wood and metal projects at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia during the week of October 17-19. The impressive projects are built by middle and high school FFA members and are judged based on quality of work, precision, attention to detail, and difficulty. Projects are divided into four categories: Large Wood, Large Metal, Small Wood, and Small Metal. The Grand Champion and Reserve Champion projects are featured with their winning ribbon throughout the Expo, and students are awarded a cash prize.
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If you’re a cattle producer, buying crop insurance may not be something of which you think you qualify. 3 Benefits of Livestock Risk Protection for your cattle operation are: Your premium can be due AFTER you go to market; There is no minimum number of heads insured; and, Having insurance looks more favorable to lenders.

Protect Your Cattle: 3 Benefits of Having Livestock Risk Protection

If you’re a cattle producer, buying crop insurance may not be something of which you think you qualify. 3 Benefits of Livestock Risk Protection for your cattle operation are: Your premium can be due AFTER you go to market; There is no minimum number of heads insured; and, Having insurance looks more favorable to lenders.
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Get Your Farm Finances on Course. FREE Workshop! Space is limited.

Get Your Farm Finances on Course with AGAware®

6/1/2023
Farming today truly is a business, and requires knowledge not just of how to grow crops and raise livestock, but also how to manage both finances and risk.  
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April 3 2023 Voting Results Announced in Merger of AgSouth Farm Credit and Carolina Farm Credit

Results of Stockholders Vote Announced in Merger of AgSouth Farm Credit and Carolina Farm Credit

4/3/2023
STATESVILLE, NC (April 3, 2023) – AgSouth Farm Credit Chairman of the Board, Frank Ables, announced the results of the stockholder vote on the Merger of AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA (“AgSouth”) with Carolina Farm Credit, ACA (“Carolina”).
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