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| FCS opens Bardstown office
BARDSTOWN, Ky. — The Aug. 10 Grand Opening for Farm Credit Services (FCS) of Mid-America’s newest office in Bardstown drew more than 200 members, special guests and FCS employees from several counties.
The ag lending cooperative, which has 90-year roots financing rural America, opened its 86th office facility located at the Maywood Subdivision. The new location at 102 Manor Ave., Suite 202, is a 1,400 square-foot leased building which serves more than 250 Nelson County customer-members and handles over $40 million in loan volume.
The Bardstown location opened its doors Aug. 1. The staff includes Bob Gaslin, Elana Miles and Andy Bishop. Gaslin serves as financial services officer, with more than 30 years lending experience with Farm Credit. Miles, serving as customer service representative, has a 10-year history as a commercial loan processor in the Bardstown area.
The newest member of the office team is Bishop, who has moved back to Bardstown after teaching agriculture in Tennessee for the last three years. He will be training as a lending officer.
To contact the office, call 800-880-7288 or visit www.e-farmcredit.com
Pioneer awards Deere to Indiana grower
DES MOINES — Ken Bullerdick of Crawfordsville, Ind., recently learned that updating his contact information on the Pioneer GrowingPoint website was the best way to bag a Gator.
Bullerdick was among the nearly 4,000 growers who entered the “Bag-A-Gator” contest, sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred, via the Pioneer GrowingPoint website. Each customer who updated information on the site had a chance to win a John Deere Gator utility vehicle from Pioneer.
Bullerdick, who grows corn and soybeans in west-central Indiana, said, “I’ve been visiting the GrowingPoint website since 2000, and I always find valuable, timely information there that benefits my farming operations.”
Bullerdick registered on the website seven years ago and continues to use it to find out the latest news in agriculture.
For more information about the website, online record-keeping or the FIT yield mapping service, contact your local Pioneer sales representative.
GROWMARK honors NBB, CEO
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A leading agricultural cooperative and petroleum distributor has recognized the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and NBB CEO Joe Jobe for leadership and vision in the biofuel industry.
GROWMARK presented the annual “Friend of GROWMARK” award at the company’s annual meeting. The company gives the award to individuals and organizations for their contributions to the well-being of cooperatives and agriculture.
Jobe has served with NBB for 10 years and under his leadership, the young industry has enjoyed major successes. These include the passage of a federal tax incentive and other significant initiatives that have created a favorable climate for the industry to grow.
NBB represents the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research and development in the United States. Its members include feedstock producers and processors, soybean commodity boards, biodiesel suppliers and fuel marketers and distributors.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), an ethanol trade association, and RFA president and CEO Bob Dinneen were also honored.
AgriGold specialists nominated
ST. FRANCISVILLE, Ill. — AgriGold corn specialists Ryan Myers, Tim Joseph and Curtis Bivens were selected to represent AgriGold at the AGORA Sales Recognition Convention held in Alicante, Spain, on June 5-13.
This convention recognizes the top five percent of salespeople from all subsidiaries of Group Limagrain, a parent company of AgriGold.
The objective is to recognize the group’s best sales members and their outstanding accomplishments for the previous year. The three specialists were among 96 nominees to attend the convention.
Myers has been an AgriGold corn specialist in west-central Iowa for five years, since completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy from Northwest Missouri State University.
Joseph has been a specialist in Northwestern Illinois for two years, since completing his MBA from Central Missouri State University, and Bivens has been a specialist in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama for five years.
This farm news was published in the Sept. 12, 2007 issue of Farm World, serving Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. |
| 9/12/2007 |
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