Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is pleased to announce the addition of several new employees to its team. “We believe our employees are our most valuable asset,” said Paxton Poitevint, President of...
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It used to be that leasing was something you did when you couldn’t afford to buy equipment outright. But today’s ag producer recognizes leasing as a tool that offers distinct advantages for keeping...
BAINBRIDGE – The Southwest Georgia Farm Credit Board of Directors has appointed (Mrs.) Lee Bush to the Board. She will serve a three year term, beginning September 22, 2020. The Board of Directors...
BAINBRIDGE, Georgia – Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, ACA, a customer-owned financial institution, and The Corporation for Community and Economic Development United, Inc., will offer a free virtual...
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This year there were five recipients selected and each received a $500 mini-grant. Grant recipients include: 4C Gardens of 4C Academy, Albany; Lenny’s Market, Americus; Thorn’s Patch, Pelham; Ricky...
Rhiannon Belcher, Lee County High School; Spence Butler, Grace Christian Academy; James Winston Cornish, Thomasville High School, Scholars Academy; Bradley Cohen, Brookwood School Southwest Georgia...
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In the aftermath of what most of us experienced recently, being quarantined, land has a new meaning. It’s a place for escape, for freedom, and there’s always some invigorating activity to occupy your...
BAINBRIDGE, GA— Southwest Georgia Farm Credit has named Ragan Fretwell Brown its Farm Credit Leasing Relationship Manager. Brown, who currently serves the Association as the Farm Credit Express...
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“There’s not a farmer around who’s been farming more than five minutes who doesn’t know about the Farm Service Agency,” Gibbs said. But what farmers may not have thought about is introducing their...
![LEFT: Manage your woods to become this salad bar for deer and other wildlife. RIGHT: Example of a mature closed canopy hardwood stand with virtually no early succession habitat on the forest floor. Early succession habitat could easily be developed by select harvesting this stand, focusing on leaving quality oaks. Some areas could be left as is, some areas could be clearcut, some areas select harvested for habitat diversity.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image/public/2020-10/Matre-Forestry-Article.jpg?h=2c1adda8&itok=Biwf89jB)
Even if you are not a hunter but you are a landowner, enhancing your properties wildlife habitat can add significant property value, increase hun
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She describes her farming operation as both low tech and high tech. And she does it all…the planting, the harvesting, the general maintenance of the field. From her days as an executive at a large...
In its inaugural year, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is honored to award the Duane Watson Scholarship for Exceptional Character in Agriculture to
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No one ever wants a disaster to hit, but preparedness is key to overcoming any crisis. You are never really prepared for a flood, fire, explosion, storm damage, or even a pandemic health issue, but...
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. — Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is proud to announce the recipients of its 2020 Scholarship Program. The program is designed to help students in rural communities with the costs...
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit Patronage Distribution 2015-2019 Again, this year Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, distributed $5.37 million of its 2019 profits in cash to our member-owners. Since 1991...