Wednesday, February 15, 2017

FarmStart-Adam Allen, Kingdom Timber Logging & Forestry LLC


Adam Allen, owner operator of Kingdom Timber Logging & Forestry LLC
Adam Allen, age 22 is the owner and operator of Kingdom Timber Logging and Forestry LLC in Eden, VT and a new Yankee Farm Credit FarmStart investment. Adam earned a bachelor’s degree in forestry operation through Paul Smiths College in NY December 2015.  He is using his FarmStart investment to purchase a new skidder and assist with day to day operating expenses.  With this new equipment Kingdom Timber will be able to offer a wider array of forest products and services. 

Kingdom Timber operates mostly in northern Vermont, serving both private and industrial land owners seeking a forester to manage their land. They offer private forestry consulting, current use application and planning, timber theft cases, maple sugarbush management, set-up and management of timber harvests, boundary delineation, and professional timber harvesting.  They plan to produce saw timber and pulp which will be marketed to saw mills, pulp mills and bio-mass plants inside and outside of Vermont. 

Adam has already established himself in the logging community and industry in Northern Vermont with 8 years of logging experience. He has a mentor in place to help him make important management decisions and has a good reputation as a hard worker with a passion for logging.  We look forward to helping him achieve greater success.
Check out his Facebook page here.

The goal of FarmStart is to provide working capital to help start-up farmers establish a positive business and credit history during the early phases of their business careers. Within five years recipients should be positioned to graduate to a conventional line of credit from Yankee or another lender.

To learn more about FarmStart please visit our website or contact your local office.

Monday, February 13, 2017

VT Secretary of Ag. Tebbetts Plans Conference Call for Dairy Farmers-TOMORROW

Secretary Tebbetts would like to provide an update to dairy farmers that may have migrant labor by conference call on:
Tuesday, February 14 from noon to 1 p.m.
 
 
Call in number:
877-273-4202
 
Conference room number – 8279200
 
Agenda for the call
 
1.       Work done so far
a.       Brainstorming at meeting Feb. 2.
b.      Governor’s cabinet on Civil Rights
c.       Law to be passed and impact to farm labor
2.       Ideas for emergency milking relief
a.       Assistance from inmates
   i.      Training
  ii.      Pay
 iii.      Length of time
b.      Longer term hiring of inmates upon release if trained etc.
c.       How to alert farmers that this exists without keeping a list

3.       Longer term action
a.       H2A application for 10 months of labor
b.      Emergency application
4.       Feedback from those on the call
 
Please share this message with other dairy farmers who you may know that fit this description.
Please help us get the word out widely. 
 

Thursday, February 9, 2017

New Employee - Amy Baisden


Amy Baisden joined our Middlebury staff at the end of January as a Loan Documentation Specialist. Amy earned her Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and most recently was a managing partner of a small law firm in South Burlington. For generations, her family raised beef cattle in Fayette County, WV. Amy is looking forward to turning her career toward supporting farmers and agricultural businesses.


Welcome to team Yankee Farm Credit!