New director elected to AgFirst Farm Credit Bank board
August 6, 2018
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank has elected a new director to fill a vacant seat on the board of directors. Jenny R. Black, a citrus grower and owner of an Information Technology consulting company in Lakeland, Fla., will serve the remainder of a term vacated in January. Her term expires Dec. 31, 2019.
AgFirst is a cooperative based in Columbia, S.C., that provides funding and technology services to banks that serve farmers and rural communities in the Eastern part of the United States and Puerto Rico.
Black, a lifelong Florida resident, brings an agricultural background and an expertise in IT to the board. She owns 375 acres of citrus groves, navigating today’s challenges of disease and market pressure with diligence, strategic planning and a commitment to the future. Black is a member of Peace River Packing Company, a family-owned citrus cooperative.
Black and her husband, Norman Larry Black Jr., received the Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher award from the Florida Farm Bureau in 2009 and went on to become finalists for the national award.
She is on the board for Farm Credit of Central Florida, an AgFirst Association, and serves on the Governance and Compensation committees. She is also on the Polk County Florida 4-H Foundation Board and is a member of the Polk County Farm Bureau and Florida Citrus Mutual.
AgFirst has 17 directors who use their experience and expertise to help further the mission of Farm Credit: Supporting rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services, today and tomorrow.
About AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank is one of four banks that make up the nationwide Farm Credit System and is the largest financial institution headquartered in South Carolina. Farm Credit has supported rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services for more than 100 years. AgFirst is a cooperative providing funding to 19 Associations in 15 states and Puerto Rico and services to 20 Associations in 18 states and Puerto Rico.
