Stanley Sumners grew up on the same land in Blessing, AL that he built his first breeder hen house on in 1979. A few years later in the mid 80’s, he looked to First South Farm Credit for his financing needs. Today, he and his son, Andy, are longtime partners on their poultry and cattle farm and...
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Groundbreaking ceremony held for new First South Farm Credit building in Ozark, Alabama
First South Farm Credit in Ozark, Alabama, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 2, to announce its plans to build a new office building in the city. The existing branch on South Union Avenue will eventually move to the new location on Highway 231 South. “Ozark has served our members well...
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Louisiana native finds a calling to embrace sugarcane harvesting
When Kassi Berard Leger graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and began a sales career, she found herself still searching for a purpose. This longing brought her back to her roots in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, where her father farmed sugarcane for 47 years. Growing up working on the... -
First South Farm Credit Welcomes Lee Thorne as its new General Counsel
Ridgeland, MS - First South Farm Credit, the largest member-owned land and agricultural financing cooperative in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, proudly announces that Lee Thorne has joined First South as General Counsel. As General Counsel for First South, Lee provides legal guidance, advises...
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Sustaining a strong relationship with a third-generation farmer
Jarred Casiday is a third-generation farmer from Crowville, La., who understands the challenges farmers face each day. For 15 years, he’s run a 2,200-acre corn and soybean farm in Franklin Parish – one that his father and grandfather ran before him. “The hardest part about farming is all the...