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...
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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 hunting trip to Windthorst, Texas and stumbled upon a unique farming operation called VTex... -
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 is one thing that has never changed, the family atmosphere. She has trained and nurtured the... -
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 cooperative to a member/borrower based on its earnings and financial performance in proportion to the... -
First South Farm Credit Distributes Over $19.3 Million in Cash to its Member/Borrowers
Ridgeland, MS - First South Farm Credit announced today that it will distribute $19.3 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...