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Foreign Investment in Agricultural Lands: Dr. Mykel Taylor, ALFA Eminent Scholar, Auburn University

Lately, there has been much coverage by the media regarding the purchase of U.S. agricultural land by foreign entities, especially those purchased by Chinese companies and individuals. Foreign entities’ purchasing of U.S. cropland, pasture, and forestland is monitored by the Agricultural Foreign...

Chris Lane: An Outdoor Partnership

Meet Chris Lane, a professional Bass fisherman for 16 years and a proud partner and customer of First South Farm Credit. As a young boy growing up in Central Florida, Chris enjoyed playing sports and had a passion for the outdoors, specifically fishing – which was an activity that his whole family...

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Compton Farms: A family tradition

Compton Farms: A family tradition Mitch Compton could be considered the patriarch of Compton Farms in North Alabama. After all, it was Mitch that started his farming operation years ago that has since became a way of life for him and his family. Mitch values his time working on the poultry, cattle...

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FIRST SOUTH FARM CREDIT DISTRIBUTES $26 MILLION IN CASH TO ITS MEMBER/BORROWERS

Ridgeland, MS - First South Farm Credit announced today that it will distribute $26 million in patronage refund checks to its member/borrowers in April. A patronage refund is a payment from a cooperative to a member/borrower based on its earnings and financial performance in proportion to the...

Organic Farming in the Foothills: Mountain Sun Farm in Mentone, AL

Nestled in the Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Alabama, near a city described as a “Musical Mountain Spring,” Liz and Brian Simpson are living their dream operating Mountain Sun Farm. The Simpsons started their farming operation on leased property in 2014. With a passion for...

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