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Benefits of Using a Local Lender
Securing financing is one of the most essential tasks when you begin your home-buying journey. Searching online you will find numerous lenders, and that can get overwhelming. If you are looking for personalized support and service that caters to your individual needs, selecting a local lender is the direction you need to head. Here are four reasons why you should work with a local lender.View Details
From Dream to Dirt: A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Your First Piece of Land
You’ve been dreaming about owning land — maybe it’s a quiet place to build a home, a few acres for hunting or a future farm. But when it comes to actually buying land, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Where do you start? What should you look for? And how do you pay for it?View Details
Four Questions To Ask Before Buying Land To Farm
Finding the perfect acreage to start a farm is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many rural property buyers. Whether you’re searching for a large lot, small farm, timberland or other bare land, knowing what to look for in a property and working...View Details
How Beginning Farmers Can Manage Seasonal Income
Nowhere is the phrase “cash is king” truer than in farming. Farmers need cash to buy seed and feed, put fuel in tractors, pay employees and cover farm rent, a home mortgage and utilities. Having sufficient cash on hand throughout the year can be...View Details
Roots of Success: Tips for Strong Mental Health on the Farm
Agriculture is the number one industry in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Providing key agricultural commodities to the rest of the nation and worldwide, the pressure to produce is real for farmers in the Southeast. To be a farmer is to deal with uncertainty. And farmers have had a slew of trying circumstances of late. Here are tips and resources in managing your mental health.View Details
8 Social Media Tips & Tricks For Your Agribusiness
2min Read AgCredit Marketing Coordinator, Kayla Laubacher, has a unique background in both marketing and agriculture. In this podcast episode, she shares her story of studying and working in marketing to marrying into a family farming business with a...View Details
Ready to Grow? How to Start a Farm with this Essential Guide
So you want to start a farm business? Maybe you want to turn your side hobby into a second career. Or maybe you grew up on your grandparents' farm and feel a pull to go back to your roots. Whatever your motivation to start a farm or agritourism business, you might not know where to start. This guide can help.View Details
Upcoming Events
Throughout the year and across the country, your local Farm Credit association hosts in-person and virtual events designed to help you start, manage and grow your farming operation. Browse through the AgBizInfo events to find the right event for you!
Side X Side
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Side X Side is a conference for young and beginning producers to gain strategies in succession planning, financial management, and risk mitigation—while building community, sharing ideas, and...
