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2026 Annual Meeting and Director Elections

Farm Credit East's 2026 Annual Meeting will be held on March 23. Five candidates are seeking three Board of Director seats in the 2026 Director Elections.

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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 East Reports Strong 2025 Financial Results

Farm Credit East reported solid 2025 financial results at its annual meeting held on March 23. Continued loan growth coupled with strong earnings allowed Farm Credit East to distribute a combined $145 million in patronage dividends to eligible customer-owners based on 2025 earnings.

March 23, 2026

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Farm Credit East Reports Strong 2024 Financial Results

Farm Credit East reported solid 2024 financial results at its annual meeting held earlier this week. Continued loan growth coupled with strong earnings allowed Farm Credit East to distribute a combined $140 million in patronage dividends to eligible customer-owners based on 2024 earnings.

March 25, 2025

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Farm Credit Presents Northeast Forest Products Industry Outlook Webinar

Join Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit for a webinar on Tuesday, March 25, at 12 p.m., that will delve into the implications of these tariffs, the state of the North American housing market, and the forecast for softwood lumber consumption.

March 17, 2025

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Farm Credit East Contributes $100,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

Farm Credit East recently announced it contributed $100,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. The Urban Agriculture Cooperative, based in Newark, New Jersey, and the Burlington Food Pantry, located in Burlington, Maine, each received $50,000 to improve infrastructure and help mitigate food insecurity.

March 12, 2025

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Farm Credit East Winery Benchmarks Program Accepting New Participants

Farm Credit East’s Winery Benchmarks program is a valuable financial benchmarking program for winery and cidery businesses to compare financial and operational data to industry standards and other successful producers in the program. The program is currently accepting new participants.

March 07, 2025