AgSouth News

STATESBORO, Ga. (March 22, 2023) – AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Pat Calhoun announced that the customer-owned cooperative is distributing $33 million in profits from 2022 to its member-borrowers. In February, the Association distributed nearly $22.5 million in 2017 Allocated Surplus distribution bringing the total amount distributed this year in cash to nearly $55.5 million.

STATESBORO, Ga (October 7, 2022) – AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Pat Calhoun announced the winners of the 2022 Board of Director and Nominating Committee Election.

STATESBORO, Ga (August 3, 2022) - AgSouth Farm Credit is pleased to have sent Jacob Carpenter from Tattnall County to the recent Georgia Cooperative Council Youth Leadership Conference. The conference, affectionately known as “Co-op Camp,” is an engaging leadership and learning experience for students across the state of Georgia that highlights the impact of cooperatives on communities, what they do, and how youth can be a part of them.

STATESBORO, Ga. (March 22, 2022) – We are excited to announce that the 2021 Patronage will be in a 100% cash distribution! $32 million of AgSouth’s 2021 profits will arrive in our member’s mailboxes this March.

STATESBORO, GA – March 17, 2022: AgSouth Farm Credit Marketing Director Christy Smith has released the names of the recipients of the 2022 Think Outside the Store® Farmers Market grant. The Association is distributing $500 each in grant funds to local markets throughout AgSouth’s territory to use for advertising and promotion.

In cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, AgSouth wants to inform our customers that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been identified in Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia. Currently there are NO cases in Georgia.

STATESBORO, GA. (February 1, 2022): AgSouth Farm Credit Marketing Director Christy Smith announced today that the cooperative has once again set aside $25,000 to help community-based farmers markets promote their markets during 2022. The grant application is open from February 1st through March 1st, 2022. Winners will be announced by the end of March 2022.

STATESBORO, GA. (January 6, 2022): AgSouth CEO, Pat Calhoun is pleased to announce that Nick Martin has been chosen to succeed Robbie Haranda as chief lending officer of the Association.

STATESBORO, Ga (October 6, 2021) – AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Pat Calhoun announced the winners of the 2021 Board of Director and Nominating Committee Election.

AgSouth Farm Credit CEO Pat Calhoun announced that the customer-owned cooperative is distributing $10 million in Special Patronage. This is in addition to the $40 million distributed in Patronage earlier this year.