1^st Farm Credit Services is pleased to offer the 2012 Agricultural Scholarship. The scholarships will assist deserving high school seniors to further their education in an agriculture or rural life-related field of study. Applications are now open. Apply by February 15.  Learn more and apply here!

Farm Credit Community Improvement Grants Application & Project Proposal Sharing a Vision for Healthy Communities

1^st Farm Credit Services believes in rural America and the future of the youth living in those areas. The innovation and drive to improve and give back to our communities is in each of us. By working with 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters, 1^st Farm Credit Services hopes to better our rural communities.  Read More ...  

 A New Crop Insurance Product!

Brought to you by Farm Credit, Enterprise Plus gives you extra coverage to protect your farms all together and individually. By adding Enterprise Plus to your existing Enterprise Unit Crop Insurance policy, you gain additional protection for each individual unit.

The protection means increased potential for claim payments based on individual yields, regardless of how your overall operation performs.

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Annual Meeting Election Results

Client-owners of 1^st Farm Credit Services voted on one position for the Board of Directors in January.

Roger J. Newell of Williamsfield was re-elected to the board. The board position is for four years.

The 2012 Nominating Committee was also selected in the election. These members are as follows: Carl J. Neubauer, Lynn Stoller, John Deuth, Elmer Rahn, Jr., Duane Blackert, Susan Vonk, Steve Hess and Darren L. Sims.

Read more about the 1^st Farm Credit Services Board of Directors.

 1^st Farm Credit Donates to Illinois Food Banks

NORMAL – Just as farmers work daily to help feed the world, the work of food banks to feed local community members in need, unfortunately, never ends. To help local communities, 1st Farm Credit Services is donating $21,000 to area food banks and pantries that feed the hungry. Nearly 50 food banks and pantries statewide are benefiting from the association’s donation.  Read More ...

2011 Annual Business Meeting

The 2011 Annual Business Meeting of 1^st Farm Credit Services, ACA, was held on December 1, 2011:

The purpose of the annual stockholders’ meeting is to report on the business activities of the Association, receive the Nominating Committee reports and to take up such other business that might properly come before the members. To help maximize member participation, we will be conducting the election of directors and nominating committee members by mail ballot again this year. These ballots will be sent to all voting stockholders shortly after the annual meeting.

You can review the nominees for the director and nominating committee here.