Langford participates in Farm Credit Young Leaders Program

Henry John and Kim Langford of Lometa, center, recently participated in the Farm Credit Young Leaders Program on behalf of Texas Land Bank. Also pictured is 10th District Farm Credit Council Chairman Jimmy Dodson, left, and Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. President Jamie B. Stewart.

Henry John Langford of Lometa recently traveled to Washington, D.C., and New York City as part of the Farm Credit Young Leaders Program, a weeklong event sponsored by the Tenth District Farm Credit Council.

The Young Leaders Program is designed to give young Farm Credit stockholders an overview of the Farm Credit System and an opportunity to interact with system leaders and decision-makers in Washington, D.C. Each lending coop in the district was invited to select a participant for the program.

The trip included meetings with legislators, officials of the Farm Credit Council and congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. The group also traveled to Newark, N.J., for a briefing at the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. and spent an afternoon in New York City touring the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

"We put this program together to help support our young stockholders and the important role they play in the agriculture industry and their rural communities," said Jimmy Dodson, chairman of the Tenth District Farm Credit Council. "We hope this event not only expressed our appreciation to them, but also gave them an inside look at the Farm Credit System, how their loans are funded and how their voices can be heard in Washington."

Langford is a stockholder of Texas Land Bank, one of 20 rural financing cooperatives that make up the district. He is a veterinarian and also runs a 1,400-acre family agricultural operation with his father, where they raise cattle and farm wheat, oats and hay. Langford's wife, Kim, also is a veterinarian.

The Tenth District Farm Credit Council is the trade association of the Tenth Farm Credit District and represents the district's legislative and regulatory interests.