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Farm Management Resources

Agricultural Labor and the H-2A Program

Regardless of what industry you are in, having a skilled and dependable workforce is the foundation of a successful business. Farmers rely on skilled workers, both seasonally and year-round, to...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Matt Weston

Job Title: Marketing & Sales Specialist Location: Harrisonburg Branch Tenure: 1 year Briefly describe your involvement in 4-H. I was involved in Rockingham 4-H for 7 years, helping my older brother...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Scott Howerton

Job Title: Controller Location: Verona Operations Center Tenure: 21 years Briefly describe your involvement in FFA. I am currently a sponsor of the FFA program at a local school. Tell us about your...
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Financial Literacy

The Importance of Market Reports

Anticipation. It’s one of the most important aspects of farming and ranching. Knowing the weather forecast is key to making planting, spraying and harvesting decisions. Although it is out of our...
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Educator Resources

Monocots and Dicots

You’ve probably heard the terms monocot and dicot at some point, maybe it rings a bell from a long-ago biology class. Monocot and dicot are the two divisions used to classify flowering plants, or...
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Summer Interns 2024

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Recapping the Summer Internship Experience

Written by Nina Flanigan (marketing intern) This summer, three eager college students were selected to participate in the Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV) annual summer internship program. The...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Jessica Buckbee

Job Title: Loan Officer Location: Ripley Branch Tenure: 5 years Briefly describe your involvement in agriculture. My family’s tobacco and cattle farm stopped with my grandpa. However, I remember going...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Susanne Mahmoodian

Job Title: Business Relationship Specialist Location: Verona Branch Tenure: 2 years What's your favorite family recipe? My grandmother's recipe for chicken and dumplings is my favorite family recipe...
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Meet Your Farmers, Grow Your Community at Your Local Farmers Market

Shopping at the farmers market has a ton of great benefits for customers including getting outside and having access to the delicious food being grown and raised right in your community. However...
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Farm Credit Memorial Scholarship

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2023 Recipients of the FCV Memorial Scholarship at Virginia Tech

In 2022, Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV) conceived a scholarship program with the goal of supporting students enrolled in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, while paying...
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Agricultural Advocacy

Young, Beginning, Small & Veteran Farmers

Bridging the Disconnect Through Advocacy with Morgan Slaven

Farm Credit is known for building relationships with our customer-owners; however, our mission and commitment to the rural communities we serve extend our borrower relations. The Farm Credit System...
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VALOR Class VI in DC

Agricultural Advocacy

Recapping the VALOR Experience with Adam McKenery

By Adam McKenery, Chief Audit Officer While sitting in a conference room in 2022, my former manager and chief audit officer, Dewey Brown, slid his phone over to me and asked, “Is this something you...
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Charitable Contributions Fund

CCF Recipient Feature: Fauquier Education Farm

The Fauquier Education Farm (FEF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational farm based in Warrenton, Virginia. Their mission is to advance agriculture and agriculture-related education through best-method...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Kelli Hopkins

Job Title: Business Relationship Specialist Location: Rocky Mount Branch Tenure: 10 years What's your favorite family recipe? My favorite family recipe is my Aunt Geraldine’s pound cake. It’s the best...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Magen Ayers

Job Title: Loan Operations Supervisor Location: Wytheville Branch Tenure: 10 years Briefly describe your involvement in agriculture. I grew up on a family farm in Grayson County, Virginia, which had...
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