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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Kim Rittenhouse

Job Title: Secondary Mortgage Market Program Manager Location: Verona Operations Center Tenure: 25 years Briefly describe your involvement in 4-H. I was very involved with 4-H from age 11 to 18. The...
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Young, Beginning, Small & Veteran Farmers

Top Five Strategies for a Young or Beginning Farmer

The average US farmer is 57 years old (USDA 2017). In fact, young producers (those under 35) make up less than 10% of producers while beginning farmers (those with 10 years or less of experience) make...
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Customer Feature Stories

Young, Beginning, Small & Veteran Farmers

Young Farmer Feature: Holly Coffman (Summit View Farm)

A Family Legacy Growing up on her family’s poultry farm in Rockingham County, farming was a way of life for Holly Coffman. Years later, Holly and her husband Sam built two poultry houses and started...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: JT Anderson

Job Title: Credit Manager Location: Verona Operations Center Tenure: 18 years Tell us about your family. I've been married to my wife and best friend, Kate, for more than 16 years. We have two great...
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Farm Management Resources

Greenhouse Tasks Through the Year

The greenhouse is a specialized structure designed for growing plants year-round. Here is a simple list of greenhouse tasks to tackle in different seasons of the year. Winter Tasks Make sure that your...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Joey McDougall

Job Title: Compliance Specialist Location: Roanoke Branch Tenure: 2 years What is your favorite book or author? I really enjoy the Harry Potter series. I have read the books and watched the movies an...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Marsha Barona

Job Title: Business Service Specialist Location: Culpeper Branch Tenure: 6 months What is your favorite season? Fall is my favorite season because of the perfect weather, pumpkins, bonfires and my...
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Financial Literacy

Prequalification Letters

Prequalification letters can be a valuable tool during the home-buying process. Learn about prequalification letters, their importance, where to obtain one, the process and documentation you may be...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Trey Keyser

Job Title: Senior Loan Officer Location: Moorefield Branch/Romney Branch Tenure: 19 years Briefly describe your involvement in FFA. I started out as an FFA member in the eighth grade. I was fortunate...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Vinson Snuffer

Job Title: Regional Sales and Lending Manager Location: Abingdon Branch Tenure: 10 years Briefly describe your involvement in agriculture. I grew up as the fifth generation on our family’s beef cattle...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Dustin Bowman

Job Title: Regional Sales & Lending Manager (Agribusiness Unit) Location: Harrisonburg Branch Tenure: 7 years Briefly describe your involvement in 4-H. I was involved in the Clover Hill 4-H Club from...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Halle Aker

Location: Wytheville branch Job Title: Business Service Specialist Tenure: 2 years Were you involved in FFA? If so, describe your participation. I participated in FFA in high school and was the Vice...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Shayna White

Location: Verona Operations Center Job Title: Loan Processor Tenure: 3 years What is your favorite song or artist? I am Taylor Swift’s #1 fan! What is your favorite food? I could eat Mexican food...
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Financial Literacy

Record-keeping with Accrual and Enterprise Accounting

No one that I know (other than some accountants) actually likes to keep records. Even fewer people actually like to file, sort, and organize records. I mean, why isn’t a shoebox good enough?! A...
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Financial Literacy

Record Keeping and the Importance of Being Prepared

Picture a typical scenario on the farm: you just wrapped up a long day of taking care of livestock, repairing equipment, and working on crop plans for the year, along with many other tasks on the “to...
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