AgFirst

AgFirst, part of the US Farm Credit System, serves as a wholesale lender and business-service provider to a network of local farm credit associations in 15 southern and eastern states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.^[1][2] It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Farm Credit Bank of Baltimore and the Farm Credit Bank of Columbia.^[3] The lender is cooperatively owned by 16 local associations.^[4] These associations, operating as Farm Credit and Ag Credit associations, provide real estate and production financing to about 80,000 farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners.^[5]

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank

Charter territory
Company type	Bank Government-sponsored enterprise
Industry	Agribusiness Financial services
Headquarters	Columbia, South Carolina
Key people	Pat Calhoun, Acting CEO
Net income	$417 million (2020)
Total assets	$36.3 billion (2020)
Total equity	$2.47 billion (2020)
Website	www.agfirst.com

AgFirst is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina in the former Bank of America Plaza.^[6]