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Food Access Infrastructure Initiative Grants

Farm Credit East's Food Access Infrastructure Initiative financially supports organizations with grants of up to $50,000 as they work to improve food security in the Northeast. Apply by Nov. 10, 2026.

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Financial Partner

Read the latest issue of Financial Partner, What They've Built: Celebrating the International Year of the Woman Farmer

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2025 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary and Mid-Year Outlook

The most comprehensive economic analysis of the region’s dairy industry along with a mid-year outlook.

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Press Releases

Farm Credit’s FarmStart Program Marks 20 Years with $20 Million Invested in Northeast Entrepreneurs

Farm Credit’s FarmStart is pleased to reach $20 million in investments made to Northeast agricultural entrepreneurs as the program celebrates 20 years. FarmStart is a unique program that provides working capital investments of up to $125,000 to promising agricultural, fishing and forest products ventures. Since the first investment approved in August 2006, FarmStart has supported more than 400 entrepreneurs throughout the Northeast.

October 19, 2026

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Crop Insurance

Informational Webinar for Grape Producers Impacted by the April Freeze

Grape producers impacted by the late April freeze are invited to join Farm Credit East and Crop Growers, Farm Credit East’s insurance provider, for a free, informational webinar on Tuesday, June 25 at 11:00 a.m. ET, that will discuss the challenges following the freeze event and provide insights to navigate the insurance claim process.

June 18, 2024

Crop Insurance

Branden Holdsworth Joins Farm Credit East to Help Aroostook County Farmers Manage Risk

Farm Credit East and Crop Growers, the financial cooperative’s crop insurance provider, is pleased to announce that Branden Holdsworth, of Caribou, Maine, has joined the Crop Growers team as a crop insurance agent serving Aroostook County, Maine.

April 15, 2024

Crop Insurance

Reminder: Spring Crop Sales Closing

The deadline to insure spring crops in the northeast for the 2024 crop year is March 15, 2024. Insurable spring crops include field and vegetable crops such as corn, soybeans, barley, oats, fresh market sweet corn, cabbage, processing beans, processing sweet corn, dry beans, green peas, fresh market beans, tomatoes, tobacco and potatoes.

February 06, 2024