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AgSouth Farm Credit Reports Net Earnings of $40.1 Million Returns $28.5 Million to Members

3/23/2017

AgSouth Farm Credit Chief Executive Officer Pat Calhoun recently announced that the customer-owned cooperative had net earnings of more than $40.1 million during 2016. He stated that, “The association remained strong in 2016, and loan volume grew by approximately five percent. We are able to once again announce a healthy return of profits to our members through our patronage distribution program.”

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

3/15/2017

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.

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AgSouth Farm Credit Distributes More than $19 Million to Members

3/6/2017

AgSouth Chief Executive Officer Pat Calhoun announced that current and former members of AgSouth Farm Credit in Georgia and South Carolina received more than $19 million in patronage from the agricultural cooperative’s 2011 profits. The distribution went out to members last week.

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Farm Credit Associations of Georgia Awards $6,000 in Scholarships to Students at UGA

2/23/2017

Christy Smith, Marketing Director at AgSouth Farm Credit, announced that the Farm Credit Associations of Georgia (consisting of AgSouth Farm Credit, AgGeorgia Farm Credit and Southwest Georgia Farm Credit) have awarded $6,000 in scholarships to six students at the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

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AgSouth Farm Credit Announces $25,000 in Grants to Farmers Markets

2/15/2017

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 2017.

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Farm Credit Associations Offer Free Agricultural Finance Training

1/30/2017

Thanks to AgSouth Farm Credit and AgGeorgia Farm Credit, Georgia and South Carolina farmers have several opportunities to attend a free financial training workshop this year. The purpose of the nationally award-winning AGAware® program is to promote and educate the next generation of farmers. This will be the fifth year the program has been available in Georgia and South Carolina.

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