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NORMAL - 1st
Farm Credit Services is pleased to welcome Kevin P. Uden as
Vice President of Rural Investments to the central office in
Normal. He will serve as the program leader responsible for
the implementation of the Agriculture and Rural Community
Investment Bond program.
1st FCS is
piloting the new bond program, which was created last year
by the Farm Credit Administration to help support rural
America. The program is designed to improve the economic
well being of rural communities in the areas of agriculture
and agribusiness, rural housing and infrastructure,
essential community facilities and rural community
revitalization.
Uden has more than 23 years
of experience in agricultural and commercial lending. He
previously worked for FCS in Western Illinois, AgriBank and
at a community bank, before joining 1st FCS.
“Being back at FCS is
exciting to me as old friendships and working relationships
are reaffirmed and new ones are established with all the new
faces at 1st FCS,” he said. “I have a long
standing commitment to agriculture and rural communities; my
entire career has been devoted to helping rural America.”
Uden was raised on a grain
and livestock farm near Thomasboro, in Champaign County. He
also currently manages his mother’s farm enterprise.
He is a graduate of
Illinois State University with a degree in agriculture.
Uden lives in Mahomet with
his wife, Karen. They have a son, Tyler, 23, who is working
on his advanced degree in Ag-Economics at the University of
Illinois.
1st
Farm Credit Services leads the industry in farm real estate
loans, and provides various services such as crop insurance,
loan and lease options, as well as agricultural real estate
appraisals. The cooperative serves 42 counties in the
northern half of Illinois through its 20 local offices.
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