Becoming Involved in Your Cooperative

If you are a customer of Farm Credit Services of Mid-America and you own stock in the association, you have a say in how it is run.  Members can use the power of their vote to shape the course of the association will follow in the future and elect the leadership of today.

Many members are content to exercise membership privileges by voting in the annual elections of directors and nominating committee members as well as occassional bylaw changes.   Members wanting to become more actively involved in the Farm Credit organization can do so in a number of ways:

Advisory Committee

There are over 950 members of our Advisory Committees who serve as grassroots advisors to the Farm Credit Board of Directors.  Acting on the local level, advisors meet quarterly to provide input and help direct the governance of the Farm Credit cooperative by making concerns of the general membership known to its elected officials.

Nominating Committee

Membership in the Nominating Committee demands that one be knowledgeable in the needs of the organization and a good judge of other peoples' abilities to serve those needs in an executive capacity.  The Nominating Committee selects and places before the membership candidates for election to the Farm Credit Services Board of Directors.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, whose responsibility is to govern Farm Credit Services, answers to the members of our cooperative.  They are members elected to their office because they have demonstrated an understanding of cooperative principles and the rural financial marketplace and have shown a willingness to commit their time in providing leadership and direction to the organization for the benefit of its members.

For more information on how you can become more involved in this cooperative, please contact your local office at 1-800-444-3276.