
He farms more than 700 acres of peanuts, and in 2019, he yielded 6,292 pounds per acre, making Parker Heard the latest farmer in the Heard family to earn honors as the District II UGA Peanut...
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is proud to serve farmers, farm businesses and people who live and work in the small towns and communities in southwest Georgia. Agriculture is a way of life here, and...
BAINBRIDGE – Health experts, trending chefs and Joanna Gaines fans alike are helping push the farmhouse, farm to table, farm stand, and micro-farming cultures to a whole new level. And we dig it (pun...
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is pleased to announce that Kristi Giddens and Viviana Recendez have joined Southwest Georgia Farm Credit. Ms. Giddens, who resides in Sylvester, GA, joins Farm Credit as...
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit is pleased to announce that Mike Harris has joined the staff as a Relationship Manager. Mr. Harris is a graduate of Thomas University with a Bachelors in Business...
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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

Even if you are not a hunter but you are a landowner, enhancing your properties wildlife habitat can add significant property value, increase hun