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Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners Invests in Organic Herb Grower Shenandoah Growers
Partnership with Farm Credit and USDA Rural Business Investment Program Marks Fund’s Fifth Investment ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3, 2015 – Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, LP (ACAP) has announced an investment in Shenandoah Growers, the largest provider of certified organic herbs in the U.S. specializing in supplying retail grocers. Based in Harrisonburg, Va., Shenandoah Growers produces and sells…
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AgriBank and AFA Announce Scholarship Recipients
Kansas City, Mo. – June 19, 2015 – AgriBank and Agriculture Future of America have selected Cole Reighard and Nicholas Roysdon for a unique scholarship program. The William J. Collins Scholarship is part of the AFA Leader and Academic Scholarship program. The scholarship, named for a former CEO of AgriBank, is awarded to children of Farm…
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Farm Credit Announces Latest Grants to Support Western North Dakota Communities
St. Paul, Minn., May 29 2015 – One week after announcing it had provided more than $2 million in grants to support western North Dakota communities, three Farm Credit organizations today announced the most recent worthy organizations to receive grants through the Rural Community Grant Fund. Fire departments in Bottineau and Wildrose that have been relying on…
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Farm Credit Celebrates Reaching $2 Million in Grants to Support Western North Dakota Communities
Non-profits discuss the impact grants have made in area communities Minot, N.D., May 12, 2015 – With its latest grants, Farm Credit has invested more than $2 million in western North Dakota communities since 2012, and today in Minot, the leaders of three Farm Credit organizations and several of the non-profits they support met to discuss…
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Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners Announces Innovative Investment in Rural Community
Partnership with Farm Credit Organizations and USDA Rural Business Investment Program Provides Funding to Missouri-based American Botanicals ST. LOUIS – Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, LP (ACAP) has announced an investment in North American Natural Resources, Inc. (d/b/a American Botanicals), a manufacturer and supplier of bulk herbs and botanical products in Eolia, Mo. American Botanicals buys, processes, sells…
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Farm Credit Organizations Proud to Support the 10th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference
Annual event for new and aspiring farmers to take place this Saturday and Sunday in St. Paul St. Paul, Minn. – Three Farm Credit organizations in Minnesota have joined together to support the 10th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference (IMFC) to be held this Saturday and Sunday, February 7 and 8, at the University of Minnesota…
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Farmshed Project Receives $30,000 Donation from Farm Credit Organizations
Donation will go towards heating a revitalized greenhouse Stevens Point, Wis., Jan. 20, 2015 – New high-efficiency natural gas heaters will soon be installed as part of the Greenhouse Project by the Central Rivers Farmshed, thanks to a $30,000 donation from United FCS, the top provider of agricultural loans in west central Minnesota and central Wisconsin,…