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-'''AgFirst''', part of the US [[Farm Credit System]], serves as a [[Wholesale banking|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]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21278.pdf|title=Farm Credit System|last=Monke|first=Jim|date=May 17, 2016|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://apps.fca.gov/FCSPublicDirectory/PubViewInst.aspx?u=620000|title=View FCS Institution Directory: AgFirst Farm Credit Bank|publisher=[[Farm Credit Administration]]|access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref> It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Farm Credit Bank of Baltimore and the Farm Credit Bank of Columbia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/02/02/farm-credit-bank-merger-gets-shareholders-ok/|title=Farm Credit Bank merger gets shareholders' OK|last=Shelsby|first=Ted|date=February 2, 1995|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref> The lender is cooperatively owned by 16 local associations.<ref name="FCA">{{cite web |title=View Institutions by District |url=https://apps.fca.gov/FCSPublicDirectory/PubViewInstitutionsBySysDist.aspx |website=FCA |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=House Committee on Agriculture |first=United States Congress |title=Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Its Subcommittees, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May, June, July, 2001 |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-066027-6 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=310 |language=en}}</ref>
-AgFirst is headquartered in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] in the former [[Bank of America]] Plaza.<ref>{{Cite book |last=FCA |title=Annual Report on the Financial Condition and Performance of the Farm Credit System |publisher=The Administration |year=1995 |pages=26 |language=en}}</ref>
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-'''AgFirst Farm Credit Bank (AgFirst)''' is a member of the Farm Credit System, providing wholesale funding and business services to local agricultural credit associations across 15 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. AgFirst supports rural communities by facilitating loans and financial services for farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners.
+'''AgFirst Farm Credit Bank (AgFirst)''' is a member of the [[Farm Credit System]], providing wholesale funding and business services to local agricultural credit associations across 15 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21278.pdf|title=Farm Credit System|last=Monke|first=Jim|date=May 17, 2016|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://apps.fca.gov/FCSPublicDirectory/PubViewInst.aspx?u=620000|title=View FCS Institution Directory: AgFirst Farm Credit Bank|publisher=[[Farm Credit Administration]]|access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref>  AgFirst supports rural communities by facilitating loans and financial services for farmers, agribusinesses, and rural homeowners.
+It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Farm Credit Bank of Baltimore and the Farm Credit Bank of Columbia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/02/02/farm-credit-bank-merger-gets-shareholders-ok/|title=Farm Credit Bank merger gets shareholders' OK|last=Shelsby|first=Ted|date=February 2, 1995|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref> The lender is cooperatively owned by 16 local associations.<ref name="FCA">{{cite web |title=View Institutions by District |url=https://apps.fca.gov/FCSPublicDirectory/PubViewInstitutionsBySysDist.aspx |website=FCA |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=House Committee on Agriculture |first=United States Congress |title=Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Its Subcommittees, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May, June, July, 2001 |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-066027-6 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=310 |language=en}}</ref>
+AgFirst is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina in the former Bank of America Plaza.<ref>{{Cite book |last=FCA |title=Annual Report on the Financial Condition and Performance of the Farm Credit System |publisher=The Administration |year=1995 |pages=26 |language=en}}</ref>
 {{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.agfirst.com/}}