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Louisville, KY (November 30, 2012)
Farm Credit Mid-America Allocates $125,000 Toward Scholarships for 2013
Louisville, KY (December 3, 2012) – Farm Credit Mid-America, a $19 billion financial services cooperative serving farmers, agribusinesses and rural residents in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, is committed to the future of agriculture. The cooperative will provide more than $125,000 in scholarship funding for youth pursuing an ag related education in the association’s four-state [...]
Louisville, KY (November 19, 2012)
Expiring tax laws, aging farm population raise awareness for the necessity of a farm succession plan
The issue of succession planning has been elevated as a result of the ‘Fiscal Cliff,’ a term used to describe the potential negative impact on the economy as tax breaks expire. Unless Congress takes action by the end of the year, the taxes on estates will be the same as the levels that were set more than a decade ago.
Louisville, KY (July 31, 2012)
August 5 kicks off National Farmers’ Market Week
Louisville, KY – July 31, 2012 – As National Farmers Market Week kicks off on August 5, more and more consumers are enjoying the benefits of fresh produce and great deals offered by locally produced foods. “We see an emerging trend of products that are produced and sold on the farm or delivered directly to [...]
Louisville, KY (June 11, 2012)
Farm Credit Announces Winners of Scholarship Program
LOUISVILLE, KY (July 23, 2012) – Forty-six students from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee have earned scholarships awarded by agriculture lender Farm Credit Mid-America. The recipients, who received scholarships valued at $1,000 and $1,500, are being honored during Farm Credit’s annual Customer Appreciation Events which started in mid-June and run through mid-September. “We are proud to welcome [...]
Louisville, KY (March 19, 2012)
Farm Credit Honors Employee’s Legacy With Endowment Gift
By all accounts, there was something special about Richie McClerkin.
“I’ve been at Murray State for 24 years and Richie was one of a kind,” said Dr. Tony Brannon, dean of MSU’s Hutson School of Agriculture. “He was a very kindhearted student who just fit in with everyone—he liked everybody and everybody liked him.”
Tragically, McClerkin, who was a financial services officer with Farm Credit Mid-America, passed away unexpectedly in February of 2010 at the age of 30. To honor his memory, Farm Credit recently made a $5,000 gift to an endowed scholarship in his name at Murray State University.
