[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9855]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         IN RECOGNITION OF FARM CREDIT'S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. ANN M. KUSTER

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 22, 2016

  Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, as we near its 100th anniversary, I write 
today to commend the cooperative owners and the employees of the Farm 
Credit System for their continuing service in meeting the credit and 
financial services needs of rural communities in New Hampshire.
  As a Member of the House Agriculture committee, I was pleased to 
cosponsor House Resolution 591, which commemorates the Farm Credit 
System centennial. The Farm Credit System was established by Congress 
through the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916, and signed into law on July 
17, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson. Congress designed the Farm 
Credit System as a permanent means to support the well-being and 
vitality of America's rural communities and farmers.
  My district is served by two Farm Credit associations: Farm Credit 
East and Yankee Farm Credit. Together, they have over $235 million in 
loan commitments to their customer owners in the Granite State.
  Several leaders of both organizations are from my district, including 
Paul Franklin, Chairman of the Yankee Farm Credit Board, and Steve 
Taylor, former New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture, both of whom 
are from Plainfield, and Thomas Colgan from Lyme. Farm Credit East 
board members Henry Huntington of Loudon and Tim Chan of Claremont are 
also from New Hampshire's second district.
  Farm Credit is involved in the agricultural community throughout New 
Hampshire, supporting organizations like Land for Good, which seeks to 
provide land access to farmers, and Annie's Project which assists women 
in agriculture. Farm Credit staff serve in leadership roles for the New 
Hampshire 4-H Foundation and supporting programs such as UNH 
Extension's Agriculture and Natural Resource Business Institute.
  Farm Credit has demonstrated its commitment to its customer owners in 
New Hampshire for a century, and I look forward to its continued 
commitment for the next one hundred years.

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