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It Pays to be a Customer-Owner

Farm Credit East customer owners earned a combined $145 million in cash patronage dividends. The 2026 patronage distribution marks the cooperative’s 30th consecutive annual patronage payment.

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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 $127,500 in grant funding to 29 organizations to assist their efforts to encourage youth leadership development, support young and beginning farmer initiatives, promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and advance northeast agriculture, forestry and commercial fishing.

June 1, 2026

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Farm Credit Presents 2026 Dairy Outlook Webinar

Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit will be hosting CoBank’s Corey Geiger for Farm Credit East’s annual dairy outlook webinar on Thursday, January 29 at 12:00 p.m. This webinar is free to attend for all interested dairy producers.

January 12, 2026

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Farm Credit Presents 2026 Maple Industry Outlook Webinar

Join Farm Credit East on Tuesday, January 20 at 12 p.m., for a free webinar that will provide a recap of the maple industry in 2025 and a strategic outlook for the year ahead.

January 05, 2026

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Farm Credit Presents 2026 Grain and Biofuel Outlook Webinar

Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit will be hosting CoBank Lead Economists, Tanner Ehmke and Jacqui Fatka, on Tuesday, January 13, at 12 p.m. for a free webinar that will review variables affecting the upcoming cropping season.

December 29, 2025

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Winners of Farm Credit East’s Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award Announced

Farm Credit East is pleased to announce it has awarded two winners of the final Lipinski Rural Initiatives Award. The recipients were recognized for their innovative approaches for investing in rural businesses and economic development. Each recipient was awarded $40,000.

December 22, 2025