Mission

To provide opportunities to those students wishing to gain leadership skills by participating in an academic/corporate agricultural finance experience. This includes exposure to the function of a board of directors and the development of decision-making skills related to an agricultural cooperative.

Eligibility and Selection

• OSU College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources students who are enrolled in their sophomore or junior year are eligible for this program. It is a desire of the association that the student directors have a farm background and plan to maintain their agricultural involvement upon graduation.

• Directors may serve consecutive years by reapplying for a position each spring.

• Students are eligible to continue on the board after graduation only if pursuing a graduate degree at OSU. A director is eligible to serve a maximum of four years.

• This program is publicized through OSU newsletters, listservs and class visits.

Application Process

To be considered for the Student Board of Directors, please complete and submit the attached application along with a résumé and transcript by April 24, 2015 to:

Rodney Jones
Oklahoma Farm Credit Professor of Agricultural Finance
Department of Agricultural Economics
423 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-6173
rodney.jones@okstate.edu

The selection process and possible interviews will be completed by May 8. Letters will be sent to those selected to serve on the board.

Click here to download additional information and an application.

About Farm Credit of East Central Oklahoma

• Farm Credit was chartered in 1917 as part of a nation-wide cooperative to supply financing for full- and part-time farmers

• Farm Credit Services of East Central Oklahoma is part of the national Farm Credit System

• The Agricultural Credit Association (ACA) is a “holding company” for the Federal Land Credit Association (FLCA) and the Production Credit Association (PCA)

• The FLCA provides long-term credit for farm and ranch real estate and rural home loans

• The PCA provides short- and intermediate-term operating, equipment and livestock loans

• FCS of ECOK is chartered to provide agricultural credit products to operators in 51 central and eastern Oklahoma counties

• The association has a 12-member board of directors elected by borrowers/stockholders. In addition, bylaws require at least two appointed directors

Questions

Please direct questions to:

Rodney Jones
Oklahoma Farm Credit Professor of Agricultural Finance
Department of Agricultural Economics
423 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-6173
rodney.jones@okstate.edu

Or

Eric DeVuyst
Professor of Farm Management
530 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-6166
eric.devuyst@okstate.edu