$10,000 Farm Credit Dairy Days Contribution to Support Virginia Dairy Industry Initiative

弗吉尼亚农业信贷 (FCV), a lending cooperative that serves Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, hosted Farm Credit Dairy Days events over the the summer to celebrate its customer-owners and commend the dairy industry. To conclude the summer customer appreciation event series, 协会赚了10美元,000 contribution on behalf of its customer-owners toward initiatives that support and promote the dairy industry in the Commonwealth.

The lending cooperative pledged $5,000 to support this year’s new Dairy Days programming at the State Fair of Virginia, which will take place during opening weekend (Sept 23-25, 2022). 弗吉尼亚农业信贷 will serve as the Commonwealth Milk Champion and Dairy Days title sponsor. The new programming serves to celebrate Virginia dairy production with dairy-themed attractions, 包括比赛, the sale of fresh milkshakes provided by the Dairy Club at Virginia Tech, calf births and milking demonstrations. There will also be a milk mustache photo contest.

In addition to promoting Virginia’s dairy industry, the new Dairy Days state fair programming also serves to bring awareness to the Milk for Good campaign, a dairy purchase program for food banks organized by the Federation of Virginia Food Banks. 再加5美元,000 of the Farm Credit Dairy Days contribution was pledged to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks’ Milk for Good campaign. The Milk for Good program provides food insecure families in the state with fresh, 本地产牛奶, which is one of the most requested, yet least donated items to Virginia’s food banks. The program also benefits local dairy farmers.

Regarding the Farm Credit Dairy Days contribution and our support of the Milk for Good campaign, Executive Director of the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, 艾迪·奥利弗, 共享, “Virginia’s food banks could not be more grateful for Farm Credit’s ongoing support of our Milk for Good initiative. Their partnership has helped us distribute well over 200,000半加仑新鲜的, locally processed milk to families in need over the past three years. We’re excited to bring more visibility to the program and generate additional community support through Dairy Days at the state fair.”

10美元,000 Farm Credit Dairy Days contribution was celebrated at a check presentation at the State Fair of Virginia Black Tie & 2022年9月22日的Boots赛事. The check was presented by Katie Frazier, Chief Marketing & External Affairs Officer at 弗吉尼亚农业信贷, 艾迪·奥利弗, Executive Director of the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, 和莎拉·简·汤姆森, Manager of Agriculture Education at the Meadow Event Park (pictured below).

Regarding the Farm Credit Dairy Days contribution, 布拉德·科尼利厄斯, Chief Executive Officer of 弗吉尼亚农业信贷, 说, “We are thrilled to wrap up another season of Farm Credit Dairy Days and customer appreciation with this sponsorship opportunity which will directly support our dairy farmers and rural communities. Our support of the Virginia dairy industry is only possible through the continued support of our customer-owners. We’re pleased to pledge these funds on their behalf.”

关于 弗吉尼亚农业信贷

弗吉尼亚农业信贷 provides over $2 billion dollars in financing to more than 11,000农民, agribusinesses and rural homeowners throughout Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland. Farm Credit is a cooperative capitalized largely through investments made by farmers, ranchers and the rural homeowners and businesses that borrow from them.  事实上, as part of a nationwide network they are the largest single provider of agricultural credit in the United States and have been for over 100 years.  Farm Credit helps maintain and improve the quality of life in rural America and on the farm through its constant commitment to competitive lending, expert financial services and for facilitating and sharing knowledge and resources through the Farm Credit 知识中心. 欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.FarmCreditofVirginias.com.