Financial Partner Magazine

Financial Partner magazine is for the customers, employees and friends of Farm Credit East, providing industry insights for higher yields and updates on the cooperative.

Latest Edition: Fall 2025

 
In this Edition
Defining Culture to Transform Your Farm Business

As your business grows, doing everything yourself isn’t sustainable. Success depends on empowering others. Training your team not only improves efficiency, but also reinforces the core values that define your company’s culture. A strong culture shapes decisions, collaboration and resilience, creating a shared purpose that drives long-term growth.

Additional Content

  • CEO Mike Reynolds describes how Farm Credit East has implemented culture with "The Farm Credit East Way"
  • Read Financial Services Leader Josh Volta's perspective on culture as a veteran of the Marine Corps
  • An update from Board Chair John Knopf about Advancing our Customer-First Strategy
  • Learn more about technology implementation to evolve how we deliver credit
  • In CyberSense, learn Tips to Strengthen Your Digital Security
  • In the Stewardship Spotlight, read about Farm Credit East's new Food Access Infrastructure Initiative Grant and its first recipients
  • Farm Credit East Cares donated both time and money this year in the form of volunteer work and donations to local community organizations
  • Celebrate milestones for employees of Farm Credit East
  • Read about Treeline, Inc.'s relationship with Farm Credit East in A Family Affair
  • Lastly, read about the importance of advocacy on the road to a new Farm Bill in Washington Update

Historical Editions

Summer 2025 Financial Partner Magazine Cover image. Two farmers speaking, with icons depicting connection, technology, security, time and money.
Business Tips and Tools
Summer 2025 Financial Partner
In today’s world, change may be inevitable, but transformation is intentional. Over the past several years, Farm Credit East has been on a transformational journey. It was never — and never will be — our goal to stray from who we are at the core: a relationship lender and financial services provider committed to Northeast agriculture, commercial fishing and forest products for more than 100 years. But in order to keep up with the world around us and ensure we can remain a competitive partner, we have to evolve.

August 04, 2025

Cover page of the 2025 Spring issue of the Financial Partner magazine, titled "Proactive Strategies for Business Success."
Business Tips and Tools
Spring 2025 Financial Partner: Proactive Strategies for Business Success
If the past several years have taught us anything, it’s that we need to be agile. While we can’t plan for the unexpected — and the unexpected will come — we can be informed and proactive. Planning ahead using available insights can help you strategically accomplish your business goals. So, what can you do today to set yourself up for success?

March 24, 2025

Media Inquiries

Contact Kristie Matuszewski
Telephone:800.562.2235
Email:Kristie.Matuszewski@FarmCreditEast.com