Liz Bayne - Business Consultant

I am pleased to announce that Liz Bayne is Yankee Farm Credit's new Business Consultant. This new position for Yankee provides additional services to members of the agricultural community needing assistance with a variety of complex financial issues including inter-generational transfers and business planning.

Liz, who works in our White River Jct., Vermont office, brings considerable experience to this new role. She started her career with Farm Credit in 1979 and has served in a variety of roles including credit, credit review, payroll and recordkeeping services, income tax preparation, and most recently, appraisal.

Liz is a Farm Credit Tax Specialist, an Enrolled Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, and a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser licensed in New Hampshire and Vermont. Through her appraisal work and her service on the Lands Committee of the Upper Valley Land Trust, she has considerable experience with conservation easements. This wide variety of experience provides an ideal background for her new role as Business Consultant which began October 1st.

Liz will continue to have responsibilities in appraisal and tax preparation and she will continue to report to Director of Financial Services Geoff Yates. She will also work closely with consultants from Farm Credit East, particularly Bill Zweigbaum.

Please join me in congratulating Liz on her new role. We at Yankee Farm Credit are pleased to offer these additional consulting services to the agricultural community. If you have a consulting question, please contact Liz at 802-295-3670 or elizabeth.bayne@yankeeaca.com.

Director Nominations

It's that time of year again when Yankee's Nominating Committee begins selecting director candidates for the elections in April 2014. There will be one director elected in each of the three regions. Each position is for a three year term. If you would like to be considered for nomination, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee at the numbers below or call your local branch.

Region #1 (Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle counties, VT; Essex and Clinton counties, NY)
Arnold Mercy 802-326-4200
Wynn Paradee 802-524-4202
Mark Wrisley 518-963-4039

Region #2 (Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington counties, VT; Coos and Grafton counties, NH)
Paul Gingue 802-748-8843
Richard Martin 802-328-4120
Patrick Waterbury 802-785-4753

Region #3 (Addison, Bennington, Rutland, Windham, Windsor counties, VT; Cheshire and Sullivan counties, NH)
David Ainsworth 802-763-8017
Bruce Bascom 603-835-6361
Kim Harvey 802-483-6130

If you have any questions about the Nominating Committee, please contact John Peters, Chief Credit Officer at 800-639-3053.

You can find general information about the director nomination process and the role of directors on the Farm Credit Administration's web site.

Tile Drainage Research Conference at Miner Institute

Miner Institute will be holding a tile drainage research conference on Thursday, October 24th from 10am to 3pm.  For more information please click here.

Fall at Yankee Farm Credit

Fall is in full swing, the leaves are changing, corn is getting chopped and it's pumpkin season! Thanks to one of our directors; Walt Gladstone, we have a personalized Yankee Farm Credit pumpkin!