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Farm Credit East Awards $206,000 in Higher Education Scholarships

Farm Credit East, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lender, recently awarded $206,000 in higher education scholarships to 38 student recipients. Farm Credit East’s scholarship program supports students with diverse career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing, forest products and related fields from across the association’s eight-state territory.

June 17, 2026

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Farm Credit East Cares Donates $65,000 to Northeast Charitable Organizations

Farm Credit East announced today the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated more than $65,000 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. 

December 18, 2023

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Nominations Open for Farm Credit East’s Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award

Farm Credit East recently announced the opening of nominations for the 2024 Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award, which aims to recognize innovative and transformational efforts to revitalize Northeast rural communities. Nominations are due by January 31, 2024. 

December 13, 2023

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Farm Credit Awards Efforts to Develop and Promote Northeast Agriculture

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East and CoBank, recently provided $80,000 in grant funding to 18 organizations to assist their efforts to support young and beginning farmer initiatives, encourage youth leadership development, promote diversity equity and inclusion, and advance northeast agriculture, forestry and commercial fishing. Submissions for the next round of grant funding are due by December 1.

October 23, 2023

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Farm Credit East Cares Donates $100,000 to Organizations Providing Flood Relief

The Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund announced today it will donate $100,000 to organizations assisting producers recovering from July’s heavy rains and devastating flooding. Recipients of these funds include the Vermont Community Foundation and the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund.

August 24, 2023

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Email: Kristie.Matuszewski@FarmCreditEast.com