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Employee Spotlight: Dustin Bowman

Job Title: Regional Sales & Lending Manager (Agribusiness Unit) Location: Harrisonburg Branch Tenure: 7 years Briefly describe your involvement in 4-H. I was involved in the Clover Hill 4-H Club from...
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Employee Spotlight: Halle Aker

Location: Wytheville branch Job Title: Business Service Specialist Tenure: 2 years Were you involved in FFA? If so, describe your participation. I participated in FFA in high school and was the Vice...
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Employee Spotlight: Shayna White

Location: Verona Operations Center Job Title: Loan Processor Tenure: 3 years What is your favorite song or artist? I am Taylor Swift’s #1 fan! What is your favorite food? I could eat Mexican food...
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Educator Resources

Animal By-Products Lessons

Are you looking for a complete set of animal by-products lessons? We have just what you need! We recently renovated one of our most popular resources, “Everything But the….” This series highlights...
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Everything But the Baa By-Products From Sheep

If a student were asked to name three by-products from sheep, the answer would probably be something like this: "Wool, lamb chops and leg of lamb" And that answer would be completely right; but it is...
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Everything But the Bleat By-Products From Goats

Learn more about the by-products from goats! Which of the following do you think are by-products from goats? Sausage casing Cheese Soap Fish pond fertilizer Book bindings Did you say cheese and soap...
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Everything But the Cluck By-Products From Poultry

When most people think of by-products from poultry they most likely automatically think of eggs. Would you believe us if we told you there are even more? Not to mention some of those by-products...
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Everything But the Moo By-Products From Cattle

Steaks, hamburgers and pot roast...when most students start thinking about by-products from cattle, these probably come to mind fairly easily. It’s probably fairly safe to say that most would also...
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Everything But the Oink By-Products from Pigs

Yumm........Bacon! This is probably one of the first things that come to mind when people begin thinking about what comes from a pig - but the reality of it is that pigs are incredibly versatile...
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Financial Literacy

Record-keeping with Accrual and Enterprise Accounting

No one that I know (other than some accountants) actually likes to keep records. Even fewer people actually like to file, sort, and organize records. I mean, why isn’t a shoebox good enough?! A...
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Financial Literacy

Record Keeping and the Importance of Being Prepared

Picture a typical scenario on the farm: you just wrapped up a long day of taking care of livestock, repairing equipment, and working on crop plans for the year, along with many other tasks on the “to...
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Employee Spotlights

Employee Spotlight: Jessica Michael

Location: Verona Operations Center Job Title: Loan Assistant Tenure: 3 years Describe your agricultural involvement. My husband and I have beef cattle in Augusta County, VA. Tell us about your family...
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Employee Spotlight: Susie Johnson

Location: Harrisonburg Branch Job Title: Senior Loan Processor Tenure: 27 years Briefly describe your involvement in agriculture. I grew up in Grayson County, Virginia and we had beef cattle. I was...
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Employee Spotlight: Eric Roberts

Location: South Boston Branch Job Title: Special Assets Manager Tenure: 2 years List and describe any other clubs or organizations that you are actively involved in. I am a member of First...
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Employee Spotlight: Kathy Stewart

Location: Clarksburg Branch Job Title: Business Service Specialist Tenure: 17 years Briefly describe your involvement in agriculture. I am unofficially involved in our local FFA and 4-H through our...
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