The GreenStone Story:
Local in Service – Global in Reach WITH 36 LOCAL BRANCH OFFICES THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN IT CAN FEEL LIKE GREENSTONE’S IMPACT IS LIMITED TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND WHILE SERVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING RELATIONSHIP-BASED SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR MISSION, WE ARE ALSO A PART OF A MUCH LARGER ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE NATIONAL FARM CREDIT SYSTEM.
As a member of the Farm Credit System, we often join forces with colleagues around the country on issues and initiatives important to agriculture and rural America. These efforts include visiting with legislators in Washington, D.C. to discuss rules and regulations affecting our customers or the System at large. It also includes collaborating across associations to provide the most innovative and effective products and services to all Farm Credit customers. For GreenStone, that collaboration starts with our team of technology experts working together to support nine Farm Credit associations with information technology services. Supplying these services to other associations allows GreenStone to continue to develop and deliver leading-edge technology services to our customers and within the infrastructure of our own association. “The collaboration through CentRIC Technology Collaboration (CTC) allows the other associations access to a larger information technology operation, providing stronger support and resources than they could achieve on their own,” says Steve Junglas, Chief Information Officer for GreenStone Farm Credit Services. “We benefit
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Spring 2019 — Partners