Farm Credit Dairy Days Generate $23,500 Donation to Dairy Industry
This summer, Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a lending cooperative that provides financing to farmers, agribusinesses and rural home-owners in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, hosted its first-ever, drive-thru ice cream socials and donated the cost of their events back to three organizations that provide support and promotion for the dairy industry.
The cooperative hosts customer appreciation events at each of its 22 branch offices on an annual basis. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, customer appreciation events in 2020 were cancelled. To safely appreciate its customer-owners in 2021, the association put plans into motion for the drive-thru events, which were aptly named, “Farm Credit Dairy Days.”
Besides appreciating its customer-owners, the association sought to provide added support to the dairy industry. Farm Credit Dairy Days were executed during the months of June and July, which are observed as National Dairy Month and National Ice Cream Month. As the cherry on top of the initiative, the association supported the VA, WV and MD dairy industries through its total donation of $23,500.00 amongst the following organizations: The VA Dairymen’s Association, the WV State Dairy Board, and the Maryland Dairy Industry Association.
Brad Cornelius, Chief Executive Officer of Farm Credit of the Virginias, said, “It was of utmost importance to FCV that we celebrated our customers this year and what better way to do that than with ice cream! We are thankful for our customer-owners’ continued business and are proud to support such a crucial industry with our donation. We anticipate the funds being used to advocate for our dairy farmers and encourage support of the dairy industry.”
About Farm Credit of the Virginias
Farm Credit of the Virginias provides over $1.9 billion dollars in financing to more than 11,000 farmers, agribusinesses and rural homeowners throughout Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland. Farm Credit is a cooperative capitalized largely through investments made by farmers, ranchers and the rural homeowners and businesses that borrow from them. In fact, as part of a nationwide network they are the largest single provider of agricultural credit in the United States and have been for over 100 years. Farm Credit helps maintain and improve the quality of life in rural America and on the farm through its constant commitment to competitive lending, expert financial services and for facilitating and sharing knowledge and resources through the Farm Credit Knowledge Center. For more information, visit www.FarmCreditofVirginias.com.