Farm Credit Services names new board member

LOUISVILLE, KY (March 31, 2007) – Farm Credit Services of Mid-America (FCS) recently named David Hahn of Columbus, Ohio to serve on its board of directors. FCS is an $11 billion ag lending cooperative serving over 72,500 farmers and rural residents across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Hahn is a faculty member in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. He currently teaches the “Agricultural Cooperatives” course and is the faculty advisor to the Ohio student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) marketing team.  He also serves as a development specialist for the Ohio Cooperative Development Center at Piketon where outreach and technical assistance has been provided to 27 new and emerging cooperatives during the past six years. 

There are 16 FCS directors who are borrowers of the cooperative and are elected to the board by the membership base. Additionally, there are two directors appointed by the board.  As an appointed director, Hahn is not a customer with the Farm Credit System, but will provide an independent perspective and additional expertise in the areas of finance, cooperative development and agriculture. 

Hahn and his wife, Sarah, own a 650-acre grain farm in Huron County.

About Farm Credit:

FCS is an $11 billion ag financial cooperative serving over 72,500 members throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee.  The cooperative, who celebrated its 90-year anniversary as part of the Farm Credit System in 2006, provides loans and leases for all purposes including farm real estate, operating, equipment and housing loans. They also provide services such as crop and life insurance and leasing. 

For more information:

Randy Barbee
Director of Marketing
502-420-3756  502-741-5214 (cell)
rbarbee@e-farmcredit.com