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After conducting an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Directors is proud to announce Chad Crow as the new Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Land Bank effective April 8, 2024.

We are excited to once again help host the Celebrating Agriculture tailgate at MSU Ag Day, this Saturday Nov. 4 as the bulldogs take on Kentucky for Homecoming. The tailgate starts at 3:30 p.m. until with Genuine MS fried chicken and catfish and some delicious MSU ice cream!

Meet our summer interns: Austin and Drew! Hernando native, Austin Sandifer, is a senior at Mississippi State, majoring in Agricultural Science. His plan is to one day pursue a career in ag management. New Albany native, Drew Vance, is a senior finance major at Mississippi State. Upon graduation, he plans to work in ag finance.

Building relationships with our customers is at the core of what we do. We're proud to return $7.5 million in cash patronage to you, our borrowers, through our cooperative partnership. Since 1996, we've returned over $61 million in patronage to our stockholders. This means a decrease in our borrowers' effective interest rate for 2022 by approximately 83 basis points (0.83%).

Our roots in North Mississippi run deep. For more than 100 years, we have developed trusted, long-term relationships with our borrowers, fellow stewards of the land. To say thanks and give back to the communities we serve, we're giving away 17,000 trees!

On behalf of Mississippi Land Bank, congratulations to one of our borrowers, Mike Lewis, for being recognized as a Distinguished Alumni Fellow for the Mississippi State State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion.

Mississippi Land Bank is a proud supporter of 4-H and FFA, and the biggest livestock exhibition in Mississippi: The Dixie Nationals. This year, 1,500 young people exhibited over 2,000 head of livestock, in hopes of securing a spot in the Sale of Junior Champions.

Mississippi Land Bank is cooperatively-owned, which means our members share in the profits generated from our lending activity in the form of patronage dividends and have a voice in the business decisions for the association. At our annual stockholder meeting, members have the opportunity to vote for their board of directors. This year, two of our board members were re-elected to their positions: Larry Davis in the Cleveland territory and Dr. Mac Alan Blaine in the Starkville territory.

Remembering the events and lives lost on September 11, 2001. Twenty years later, the pictures are still very vivid, the pain is still very raw, and the pride in our nation still remains.

Be on the lookout for these changes and new features in the coming weeks, such as redesigned billing statements, enhanced online banking, and a new customer portal- COMING SOON!

Dr. Sam Chang, professor in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion and stationed at the Coastal Research and Extension Center, received the Mississippi Land Bank-sponsored MAFES Excellence in Research Faculty Award.

Mississippi Land Bank held their 2021 Annual Stockholder’s Meeting on July 8th. Nearly 100 stockholders, employees and guests were in attendance. The meeting was held at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Mississippi for the first time.

WEST POINT, Miss. — Mississippi's agricultural future is safe in the hands of some of the nation's best farmers. Brad and Molly Judson of Clay County have the award to prove it.

The stockholders of Mississippi Land Bank gathered together on April 11th in Como, Mississippi to hear about the success of the Association. Chairman Myers and President Craig Shideler both outlined in their discussions the success of the organization in 2016.

Down cycles are a fact of life in agriculture, and producers who plan for those downturns are the ones who are best position to survive, Abbott Myers told stockholders at the annual meeting of Mississippi Land Bank...

It's the unexpected that can make forecasting somewhat perilous, says Morgan Gulledge, economist for Mississippi Land Bank, who spoke at the organization's annual meeting...

Farm and ranch communities are like families, and those connections extend across the country, especially in times of need. Hurricane Harvey has dramatically impacted the livelihoods of these families in Texas, and – as a member of the Texas District of the Farm Credit System – we are doing our part to help.

Moving into a new territory always brings a little trepidation. Where do we find good, credible contacts? Who are the ag leaders in the area? Where can I find some tasty short ribs? ...

Whether customers want to buy recreational property, a house in the country or farm equipment, Mississippi Land Bank in Corinth can make their dreams come true...

At this year’s Annual Stockholders Meeting, Board Chairman Abbott Myers recognized outgoing directors, James Gordon Robinson and Travis Satterfield for their service to the Land Bank.