Farm Credit renews support for International Agri-Center Dairy Center
The Farm Credit institutions recently renewed their support of the International Agri-Center, home of the world’s largest annual farm equipment and agriculture technology exposition – World Ag Expo.
The Farm Credit entities have a history as strong supporters of the International Agri-Center. In 2008, the International Agri-Center announced the renaming of the Tulare Dairy Center to the Farm Credit Dairy Center.
The 80,000-square-foot dairy center houses hundreds of dairy exhibits during the annual World Ag Expo and is the most highly-trafficked area of the grounds by show attendees. In addition, the Farm Credit Dairy Center is also the home of many other large-scale events that happen on the International Agri-Center show grounds.
Annual support from the Farm Credit institutions allows the International Agri-Center to continue the mission of the organization to encourage agricultural education and community involvement within the industry.
The Farm Credit institutions began in 1916 with an act of Congress in order to ensure that farmers had a reliable source of financing. The Farm Credit system is the single largest lender to agriculture in the U.S. Each Farm Credit institution is independently owned and operated by borrowing stock holders. As was the case in the beginning, agriculture and ag-related industries are Farm Credit’s only lending group.
For more information contact: Steven Knudsen, director of communications, International Agri-Center by phone: 559-688-1030 or e-mail: steven@farmshow.org.
