AgHeritage Farm Credit Services has announced the results of its 2024 Board of Director and Nominating Committee elections.
Harrell Wilson (Southern Region) of Rison was elected to his first 4-year term. A hardwood sawmill owner, Wilson farms pine and hardwood timber on 17,500 acres owned. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He serves on the Camp Wyldewood Board, Cleveland County School Board, Arkansas Forestry Association Board, AFA Education Foundation Board and UAM Foundation Board. Wilson is a former member of the AgHeritage Nominating Committee.
Dow Brantley (Central Region) of Little Rock was re-elected to a four-year term. Brantley farms cotton, corn, rice and soybeans on 1,560 acres owned and 12,000 acres rented. He is also a managing member of Central Grain, Brantley Farming and Brantley and Sons. Brantley holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences from the University of Arkansas. An AgHeritage Farm Credit Services Board Member since 2020; he is a member of the AgHeritage FCS Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and is Currently Serving as Chairman of the Human Resources Committee. Brantley is also Chairman of the Arkansas Rice Federation Board, President of the Arkansas Rice Council Board, and is a member of the USA Rice Board, Staplcotn Board and Arkansas Ag Council Board.
Mark Isbell (Central Region) of North Little Rock was re-elected to a four-year term. With his family, Isbell farms rice on 2,500 acres owned and 1,000 acres rented. He holds a Master of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a Bachelor of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. An AgHeritage Farm Credit Services Board Member since 2020, he is a member of the AgHeritage FCS Executive Committee and Audit Committee, is Chairman of the Finance Committee and serves as AgHeritage’s PAC Chair. He is a member of the Field to Market Board, Ag Council of Arkansas, USA Rice Federation Board and Arva Intelligence.
AgHeritage stockholders elected to serve for one year on the Nominating Committee are Will Cox, Curtis Fox, John Hamilton, Matt Hibbard, Doug Medford, Brandon Parker, Clay Poole, Robert Richardson, and Tommy Young. For more information about AgHeritage Farm Credit Services and its governance, please visit agheritagefcs.com.
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services is a financial cooperative with owned and managed assets of approximately $2.46 billion as of December 31, 2023. The company provides credit and related services to approximately 6,300 farmers, ranchers, and producers or harvesters of aquatic products in 24 Arkansas counties. Branch offices are located in Batesville, Brinkley, Lonoke, McGehee, Newport, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Searcy and Stuttgart.