Spotlight
President’s Message 3
Financial Highlights 4 Events Calendar 5 2017 Interest Payments 5
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Managing Farm Labor Challenges: Balancing Labor Shortages and Housing Costs in Ventura County Community Center
Four Ways to Reduce 12
WHO WE ARE One of the West’s leading agricultural lenders, Farm Credit West and its wholly owned subsidiaries are cooperatively-owned lending institutions providing financial services to farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses. Our offices are located in Arizona and California’s Central Coast, Imperial Valley, South San Joaquin Valley, and Sacramento Valley.
SPOTLIGHT is produced for the customers, employees and friends of Farm Credit West. Comments and story ideas can be submitted by email to the Marketing Department at marketing@farmcreditwest.com.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman of the Board Joey Airoso............................................. Pixley, CA
Your 2017 Tax Bill
Vice Chair of the Board Sureena B. Thiara.............................Yuba City, CA
2018/19 Scholarship Applications 13
Robert Amarel, Jr.............................Yuba City, CA
Roasted Whole Baby Pumpkins 14
Teresa Castanias.................................... Dixon, CA
Banking in a New Age 15
Mark A. Cook..................................... Willcox, AZ
Side by Side: Working with Your 16
Lender to Prepare for the Future
Electronic Balance Sheet 17
Gregory O. (Butch) Dias, Jr..................Visalia, CA J. Dick Eastman................................... Powell, WY Catherine Fanucchi........................ Bakersfield, CA
Device Management and 18
Douglas C. Filipponi...........................Creston, CA
the Internet of Things
Craig C. Gnos........................................ Davis, CA
Territory and Office Locations
Robert N. Hansen..............................Hanford, CA
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Blake Harlan...................................Woodland, CA Tom Ikeda................................Arroyo Grande, CA
MISSION STATEMENT Farm Credit West will ensure THE CUSTOMER COMES FIRST by providing superior service at competitive rates, in a timely,
professional, and ethical manner, and by delivering a meaningful return on equity through our patronage program.
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SPOTLIGHT | Winter 2017
Colin Mellon.......................................... Yuma, AZ Barry Powell..................................Sacramento, CA Brian Talley..............................Arroyo Grande, CA