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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.
Webinar: 2026 Green Industry Outlook
Join Farm Credit East, Horizon Farm Credit and Texas A&M's Dr. Charlie Hall on Feb. 23 at noon, for a review of the green industry's operational and financial performance in 2025 and an outlook for 2026.
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Financial Partner
Read the latest issue of Financial Partner, Defining Culture to Transform Your Farm Business

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Press Releases
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 $115,804 in grant funding to 18 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.

February 19, 2026

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Press Releases
Farm Credit East Marks 30 Years of Returning Earnings to Customers with Record Patronage Distribution

Farm Credit East, ACA, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lending cooperative, announced its distribution of $145 million in cash patronage dividends to 12,500 farm, fishing and forestry business owners and operators across the Northeast. 

February 04, 2026

Crop Insurance
Reminder: Spring Crop Sales Closing Insurance Deadline is March 15

The deadline to insure spring crops in the northeast for the 2026 crop year is March 15, 2026. 

February 02, 2026

Press Releases
Apply for a Farm Credit East Higher Education Scholarship by March 19

Farm Credit East, a member-owned lending and financial services cooperative, is currently accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and college students with career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing and the forest products industries from across the association’s eight-state territory. Applications are due by March 19.

January 29, 2026

Press Releases
Farm Credit East Contributes $200,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

Farm Credit East recently announced it contributed $200,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. Four organizations each received $50,000 to improve infrastructure and help mitigate food insecurity. 

January 26, 2026

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Director of Marketing & Communications

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