A Batesville business recently celebrated its move to a new location.
On April 25, the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the new AgHeritage Farm Credit Services (FCS) opening at 1169 Batesville Boulevard.
“With our move to the new office, we show our commitment to this community and the customers we serve,” said Bo Tretenburg, FCS regional manager, at the ceremony. “We look forward to continuing to serve our existing loan members and establishing new relationships.”
“We’ve been here over 25 years. We are excited to be in Batesville — it is a beautiful area. This area in agriculture is some of the best in the state,” said FCS President and CEO Greg Cole. “It’s really grown here in Arkansas. We have collected a loan volume in the farm credit system of around $7 billion. We are the largest ag lender in the U.S. as well as Arkansas, with S100 million in volume at the office here in Batesville. We’ve seen tremendous growth here. Our people all have something in common: they love agriculture, rural America, and serving others. So glad to be a part of the community here and to be able to contribute to the economy.”
According to a release from the chamber, FCS has fostered enduring partnerships with agriculture and rural America since its establishment in 1916.
“They have been instrumental in helping America’s farmers and rural communities thrive by offering a range of financial services,” the release said. “These services encompass rural re-financing, rural home financing, operating loans for business expenses, equipment loans, and agribusiness financing. AgHeritage is an association within the Farm Credit System that operates in all 50 states.”
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services operates nine branch locations and serves over 6,400 customer-owners, with owned and managed assets of approximately $2.46 billion as of Dec. 31, 2023.
Ambassadors in attendance include Adam Curtwright (Centennial Bank), Andrea Bruner (Network of Community Options), Brenda Rivera (First Community Bank), Cassidy Mitchell (Lyon College), Carey Markum (Mossy Oak Properties), Christina Watts (LaCroix Precision Optics), Cori Perkey (Southern Bank), Kendra Collier-McMahan (Approve Home Health and Caring Hands), Kirsten Harvey (Arkansas Sherriff’s Youth Ranch), Lori Tacker (Batesville Eye Care Center), Mary Duvall (Bad Boy, Inc), Meredith Simmons (Home Instead), Rickie Westbrook (Centennial Bank), Silje Antonsen (Venture Realty Group), Sydney Wood (Main Street Batesville), and Tammy Jeffrey (First Community Bank).
Image provided by the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce
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