Nurturing the next generation of ag customers

摘要

In the midst of the ethanol boom that's making life very sweetrnfor many in ag country, there's a shadow, too.rnThere's an old saying in the farm culture that banker Curt Covington's been thinking about, that puts it succinctly.rn"There are three generations among farm families. The first started it. The second built it. The third lost it."rnThe new, incoming generation poses challenges to ag bankers in many parts of the country. As much as ag producers depend on the providers of their financing to stay in business, ag bankers depend on the producers to have a business.