AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides funding and financial services to 23 Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs) in 15 eastern states and Puerto Rico. These associations, operating as Farm Credit and Ag Credit associations, provide real estate and production financing to more than 80,000 farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners. AgFirst reported assets of $27.5 billion as of March 31, 2008.

Our customers are 23 farmer-owned Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs), serving 80,000 borrowers in 15 states and Puerto Rico. AgFirst also operates a growing Capital Markets unit that arranges and participates in loans for agribusinesses across the nation, and a Secondary Mortgage Market department that buys, sells and services rural home and agricultural loans.

AgFirst is governed by a stockholder-elected Board of Directors. Listed below are the current directors, along with their term of office and committee assignments.

 

Name

Term

Committee Assignment

Gary L. Alexander

Term Ends December 31, 2011

Audit & Examination

William C. Bess, Jr.

Term Ends December 31, 2009

Governance

Henry "Buddy" Frazee

Term Ends December 31, 2008

Governance

Don W. Freeman

Term Ends December 31, 2009

Audit & Examination

Dale R. Hershey

Term Ends December 31, 2011

Compensation

Robert L. Holden, Sr.

Term Ends December 31, 2010

Governance  

Paul M. House

Term Ends December 31, 2011

Board Vice Chairman & Compensation

Thomas W. Kelly

Term Ends December 31, 2008

Board Chairman

Lyle Ray King

Term Ends December 31, 2008

Governance

M. Wayne Lambertson

Term Ends December 31, 2009

Governance

James L. May Term Ends December 31, 2009 Audit & Examination

Eugene W. Merritt, Jr.

Term Ends December 31, 2010

Compensation

James M. Norsworthy

Term Ends December 31, 2011

Audit & Examination

Katherine A. Pace Term Ends December 31, 2011 Audit & Examination

J. Dan Raines, Jr.

Term Ends December 31, 2009

Compensation

Walter L. Schmidlen, Jr.

Term Ends December 31, 2008

Governance

Robert G. Sexton

Term Ends December 31, 2011

Audit & Examination

Kenneth A. Spearman Term Ends December 31, 2009 Compensation
Robert H. Spiers, Jr. Term Ends December 31, 2009 Compensation
William H. Voss Term Ends December 31, 2010 Compensation

 

Review our Audit Committee Charter here.