April 8, 2024 First South Celebrates Women in Ag In March, the agriculture community across the country celebrated the role women play on the farm. First South Farm Credit was proud to support the Read the Article
November 23, 2021 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...
November 3, 2021 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...
October 21, 2021 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 –...
July 23, 2021 2 Brothers Whitetails: The Growth of a Unique Farming Operation in Louisiana A First South Farm Credit member, Brandon Bollinger, teamed up with his brother to build one of the most unique businesses in south Louisiana. The pair of brothers got lost on back roads during a deer...
April 7, 2021 The Voices of Women in Agriculture: Michele Simoneaux’s Story Over the past thirty-five years, Michele Simoneaux has been with First South through all of its seasons. Through association name changes and farm credit restructurings, she has seen it all. Yet there...
March 8, 2021 First South Farm Credit Distributes Over $21 Million in Cash to its Member/Borrowers Ridgeland, MS - First South Farm Credit announced today that it will distribute $21 million in patronage refund checks to its member/borrowers in April. A patronage refund is a payment from a...