Business News Archive

Stockholders of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) recently elected John L. "Jack" Dailey of Extension, La., to the bank’s board of directors. He will serve a three-year term, beginning Jan. 1, 2019.

He succeeds Brad Bean, who has served on the FCBT board [...]

Congratulations to Mr. Cullen M. Kovac on his recent appointment as board vice-chairman of the Louisiana Land Bank Board of Directors. Mr. Kovac has served as a LLB board director since 2012.

Cullen M. Kovac is a co-owner/operator in Kovac Cattle, Inc., which is a [...]

The ribbon cutting/open house for our Tallulah branch office was a success! Thank you to all our stockholders, directors, employees and friends that participated in this event. We feel the new office will help us serve our customers in even a greater capacity now. Please feel [...]

LLB lenders and administrative staff attended the annual Lenders Workshop again this year in Hopedale, Louisiana and managed to enjoy a little fishing at the same time!

The board of directors and Stephen Austin, CEO, are proud to announce the opening of our new facility in Tallulah. A ribbon cutting and open house will be planned soon, but we encourage everyone to stop by now and visit with our staff and view the facility. We have a great [...]

Louisiana Land Bank stockholders recently completed the 2018 election for their cooperative’s board of directors. Re-elected is Donald J. Berken from Welsh, LA, representing the Crowley branch area; Cullen Kovac from Oak Grove, LA, representing the Monroe branch area; [...]

Louisiana Land Bank is pleased to announce its recent hire of Julie Still, who has joined the Land Bank team as a Loan Administrator for the Monroe branch office. Still has several years of loan processing experience in the banking industry. She received her Bachelor degree [...]

Louisiana Land Bank is pleased to announce its recent hire of Clint Copes, who has joined the Land Bank team as I.T. Systems Analyst. Prior to joining the Association, Copes was Sr. Programmer/Scrum Master at CenturyLink in Monroe, La. He received his Bachelor degree in [...]

Louisiana Land Bank lenders attended the 2018 Texas Lenders Conference in Point Clear, Alabama. The conference was very informative as well as enjoyable for the LLB participants.

The Tallulah Branch staff will be moving into a brand new facility in 2018 to better serve its customers...The groundbreaking for the new office was held last week. Pictured below (left to right) are Stephen Austin, CEO, Sandy Watkins, Relationship Manager I, Houston [...]

As stockholders in a customer-owned cooperative, Louisiana Land Bank borrowers have the opportunity to share in our association’s earnings. This benefit of doing business with a cooperative can significantly reduce the cost of borrowing money.

Because of our [...]

Memphis, Tenn. – Shawn Holladay of Lubbock, Texas, was elected as chairman of the American Cotton Producers (ACP) of the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2018, during the NCC’s annual meeting held in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 9-11. Currently a NCC director, [...]

Louisiana Land Bank congratulates stockholder George LaCour, of Morganza, Louisiana on his reappointment to The Cotton Board. Mr. LaCour is a past president of the Louisiana Cotton & Grain Association and is currently serving as Chairman of The Cotton Board, the first [...]

Louisiana Land Bank, ACA is pleased to announce its recent hire of Nicole Landry, who has joined the Land Bank team as Office Administrator I for the Port Allen branch office. Prior to joining the Association, Landry was an Office Administrative Assistant for Environmental [...]

Louisiana Land Bank, ACA is pleased to announce its recent hire of Houston Fortenberry, who has joined the Land Bank team as Loan Officer Associate for the Tallulah, Louisiana branch office. Prior to joining the Association, Fortenberry was an outside sales representative for [...]

Louisiana Land Bank is pleased to announce its recent hire of Joshua Price, who has joined the Land Bank team as a Collateral Evaluator. Josh will be working out of the Alexandria Appraisal office. Prior to joining the Association, Price worked as a forester with the [...]

Barry Fontenot, VP/Branch Manager and Jacob Nugier, Loan Officer Associate of the Crowley Branch Office attended the annual Acadia Parish Farmer Appreciation Dinner which was held at the International Rice Festival Building in Crowley, La.

Louisiana Land Bank is a [...]

By Bobby Soileau, Ph.D., LSU AgLeadership Class XV Coordinator and LLB Board Director

It was a typical adventurous morning for our trip. A number of us were waiting on the hotel restaurant to open up for breakfast. Hotel Alfonso VI, in the beautiful [...]

LLB staff enjoyed visiting with attendees of the 2018 N.E. La. Ag-Expo this past weekend!