A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1988
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Maryland Farm Credit
Associations Merge
The stockholders of four local
Farm Credit Associations have
voted to approve a merger. The
merger will be effective January 1,
1989, and will merge all the capi
tal and resources of the Upper
Chesapeake Federal Land Bank
and Production Credit Associa
tions and the Frederick Federal
Land Bank and Production Credit
Associations.
According to Paul A. Newcom
er and Donald E. Rough, Presi
dents of Upper Chesapeake and
Frederick respectively, the joint
Board of Directors and manage
ment feel the merger decision will
enable the newly formed entity,
which will be known as the Cen
tral Maryland Agricultural Credit
Association, to be better prepared
to service and fulfill the financial
needs of existing and future mem
bers. “The merger should posi
tively enhance the loan programs
Stoner Re-elected
Atlantic Director
SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks)
Samuel K. Stoner, East Berlin,
was re-elected a director of Atlan
tic Dairy Cooperative at the
cooperative’s annual meeting
Nov. 16.
An Adams County dairy far
mer, Stoner will represent Atlan
tic’s District 24. He joined the
cooperative in 1974 and was
elected to his first three-year term
as director in 1985.
Stoner and his wife, Elizabeth,
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more, Howard, Montgomery, Fre
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“We’re all aware of the changes
that have taken place recently in
both banking and agriculture,”
Rough said. “We’re doing our part
to make sure that Farm Credit is in
the best possible position organi
zationally to continue to be reli
able and competitive source of
credit and related services.”
are in partnership with his brother,
Gerald. They farm approximately
300 acres and milk 75 Holstein
cows.
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wdl be instrumental in making
policy-setting decisions that gov
ern the operation of the
cooperative.
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which represents 3,800 dairy far
mers in a seven-slate region,
marketed 3.45 billion pounds of
milk in fiscal 1988.
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