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Great Plains Stockholders Participate in Farm Credit Young Leaders Program
Rob & Amber Bass were Great Plains Ag Credit’s representatives at the Young Leaders Program in October. The program is designed to give an overview of the Farm Credit System and promote young leaders within the agricultural community.
The Young Leaders Program is designed to give young Farm Credit stockholders an overview of the Farm Credit System and an opportunity to interact with System leaders and decision-makers in Washington, D.C. Each lending co-op in the district was invited to select a participant for the program.
The trip included meetings with legislators, officials of the Farm Credit Council and congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. The group also traveled to Newark, N.J., for a briefing at the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation and spent an afternoon in New York City touring the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“We put this program together to help support our young stockholders and the important role they play in the agriculture industry and their rural communities,” said Jimmy Dodson, chairman of the Tenth District Farm Credit Council. “We hope this event not only expressed our appreciation to them, but also gave them an inside look at the Farm Credit System, how their loans are funded and how their voices can be heard in Washington.”
Rob and Amber are stockholders of Great Plains Ag Credit, one of 20 rural financing cooperatives that make up the district. They farm about 1,400 acres of cotton, corn, wheat and milo west of Plainview. They are both graduates of West Texas A&M University, where Rob earned a degree in general agriculture and Amber received degrees in business marketing and elementary education. The couple has two sons, Hayden, 4, and Quade, 19 months.
The Tenth District Farm Credit Council is the trade association of the Tenth Farm Credit District and represents the district’s legislative and regulatory interests.
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