Sustaining Sponsor Spotlight: Farm Credit Mid-America

The Ohio AgriBusiness Association is pleased to feature our Sustaining Sponsors in the 2025 Spotlight Series. This week, the focus is on Platinum Sponsor: Farm Credit Mid-America. 

Location (Main Headquarters):

Farm Credit Mid-America

12501 Lakefront Place
Louisville, KY 40299

Year started: 1916

Number of employees: 1500+

Number of facilities: 88 total (21 in Ohio)

Type of services offered:

• Agricultural Loans
• Specialized Financing
• Crop, Livestock and Dairy Insurance
• Rural home, construction and lot loans

Company history:

Farm Credit Mid-America is a customer-owned cooperative and proud member of the Farm Credit System, which was created in 1916 by Congress. For more than a century, we have been a source of reliable, consistent credit and financial services to farmers, producers, and agribusinesses. Today we proudly serve more than 145,000 customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee.

How has your company changed over the years?

Over the course of the last 100 years and as part of the Farm Credit System, Farm Credit Mid-America has continued to evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers, but our commitment to our purpose to secure the future of rural communities and agriculture has remained steadfast.

How do you see your company growing in the future?

Farm Credit Mid-America is focused on sustainable growth that allows us to continue to meet our customers’ needs. We achieve this by keeping a clear focus on what we can control and taking advantage of opportunities when they arise. We recognize the challenges and uncertainty in the ag industry and have taken steps to strengthen our cooperative by managing expenses, streamlining processes and aligning products and resources.

Interesting tidbits about your business:

• We are a cooperative owned by our customers. This structure sets us apart from other lenders. We adhere to seven basic principles followed by cooperatives around the world, which include:

• Democratic Member Control: We are a democratic organization controlled by eligible customers who have loans with our cooperative. These customer-owners participate in electing our Board of Directors, who set policies and make decisions about our business.
• Members’ Economic Participation: Our customer-owners contribute equally to, and democratically control, the capital of Farm Credit Mid-America. Our customer-owners benefit through our Patronage program, which has returned more than $1.5 billion back in our customers’ wallets over the past 9 years.

• Education, Training & Information: We provide education and training for our customer-owners, Board of Directors and team members so that all can contribute effectively to the cooperative.
• Concern For the Community: While we focus on our customer-owners’ needs, we know that they can’t do it without their communities. In 2025, we have committed to invest $5 million in programs across our six-state territory that align with our mission to secure the future of rural communities and agriculture.

How has OABA helped your business or the agribusiness industry?

Many OABA members are also customers of Farm Credit Mid-America. They receive vital support for their operations in the areas of advocacy and continuing education. Through OABA’s efforts, our customers and Ohio agriculture have been strengthened for the future.

Anything else you would like to share:

Farm Credit Mid-America understands the cyclical nature of agriculture and is prepared to stand beside our customers through both good and challenging times. We are proud to partner with OABA in this important work.

Interested in becoming a Sustaining Sponsor? 

Click here to learn more about the program or contact Lauren Prettyman at lprettyman@oaba.net. Sustaining sponsors will automatically be promoted as such at all OABA events and will not be approached for sponsorship opportunities throughout the year. 

Note that because the OABA Educational Trust is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, sponsorships related to this trust are separate from OABA.