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Sowing seeds from the heart
by Mark Parker
Frontier Farm Credit and its customers can take plenty of pride in a crop growing nearly 9,000 miles away. South of the equator in Zimbabwe, there’s a field of corn that’s above knee-high right now and it’s going to make a big difference for innocent people victimized by horrible conditions.
Global economy influences local commodities
By Mark Parker
Like a thunderstorm rolling across the agricultural economic landscape, commodity volatility rains down opportunity as well as challenge. And in a farm financial climate that’s growing more complex, managing that uncertainty is the key to profitability.
According to Frontier Farm Credit Chief Financial Officer Tony English, outside macro-economic drivers are increasingly shaping commodity price movements — those of both farm crops and the inputs required to produce those crops. In addition to market fundamentals, currency markets, emerging economies around the world and the flight of investment capital into commodity indices have more impact than ever on the prices farmers receive, as well as, the prices they pay.
A solid equation: Experience, education and opportunity
by Mark Parker
Clint Holland has a cattleman’s pedigree. The young man from LaCygne, Kansas, has the background, the experience and the desire to embark on a career of putting beef on America’s dinner table.
What he needs is a start.
“This is a young guy from a hard-working family who wants to be a beef producer,” explains Rick Kuhle, a Frontier Farm Credit Financial Services officer based in Baldwin, Kansas. “Clint is a great example of how AgStart can help the next generation of farmers and ranchers get a start in production agriculture.”
AgStart is Frontier Farm Credit’s financial and educational resource for young, beginning and minority farmers and ranchers who need a leg-up to climb into the business of production agriculture.
Growing a Dream
by Mark Parker
Sometimes, hard work and desire aren’t enough to get you where you want to go. Sometimes, it takes off-farm, high-level expertise to help you attain your goals.
Ben Giger and his wife, Leah, turned to Frontier Farm Credit to assist them in solidifying their family’s future in farming. After graduating from Kansas State University and returning to the home place in 2002, Ben wanted to join his parents, Alan and Carol, in their Elmdale, Kan., crop and livestock operation.
The Gigers faced a problem familiar to a lot of farm folks. The operation just wasn’t large enough to support both families. Working part-time for a neighbor helped for a while, but Ben and his dad knew they would have to expand the business.
Reaching out, farmer-to-farmer
In the spirit of cooperatives and community, Frontier Farm Credit is reaching out, farmer-to-farmer, to touch the lives of the people of Eden Children’s Village in Zimbabwe, Africa.
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