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Farm Credit East is pleased to continue its support of Northeast agricultural educators with scholarships to aid their attendance at institutes offered by the Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE). Scholarships will cover up to $1,250. The application deadline for a scholarship to attend a 2026 institute is December 5.

The Farm Credit System today reported that combined net income increased 4.3% to $2.1 billion and 1.0% to $6.0 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared with combined net income of $2.0 billion and $5.9 billion for same periods of the prior year. 

Farm Credit East is now accepting applications for its Food Access Infrastructure Initiative Grant. This initiative provides organizations with grants of up to $50,000 as they work to improve food security in the Northeast. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2025. 

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East and CoBank, recently provided $113,000 in grant funding to 20 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.