Farm Credit of Northwest Florida, ACA is a member-owned agricultural lending cooperative headquartered in Marianna, Florida. Established in 1916, it is part of the nationwide Farm Credit System and provides loans and related financial services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, and rural residents across an eighteen-county region of the Florida Panhandle. The association’s mission is to support rural and agricultural communities with reliable, competitive credit and to help people live, work, and play in the country.
Agricultural finance, rural economic development, farm credit and lending regulations, support for farmers and ranchers, rural housing and land financing, and policies affecting the Farm Credit System and agricultural communities.
Primarily funded through interest income on loans to member-borrowers and capital raised through the Farm Credit System’s access to national debt markets, with earnings returned to members through patronage distributions.
Member of the nationwide Farm Credit System; affiliated with other Farm Credit associations and System institutions such as AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; led by Chief Executive Officer Stacy Sikes.
Member-owned financial cooperative (Agricultural Credit Association)
