Local Agricultural Lender Hires Former Assistant Director of Government Relations for Maryland Farm Bureau.

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Kurt Fuchs, Government Affairs Officer

"We're very excited to have Kurt as part of our team. His knowledge of state and local politics, as well as his strong reputation with industry groups, will be a great foundation for his new role," says Sandy Wieber, VP for Marketing.

Westminster, MD (PRWEB) September 18, 2012

Sandy Wieber, VP of Marketing at MidAtlantic Farm Credit, has announced the hiring of Kurt Fuchs as the association's government affairs officer. According to Wieber, Fuch's responsibilities will be coordinating all of the association's legislative activities including building positive relationships with legislators, industry groups, and centers of influence.

Fuchs comes to MidAtlantic Farm Credit from Maryland Farm Bureau where he was the assistant director of government relations.

"We're very excited to have Kurt as part of our team. His knowledge of state and local politics, as well as his strong reputation with industry groups, will be a great foundation for his new role," says Wieber.

Fuchs is equally excited about his new role. He says, " The connections that I've built and the experience I've gained over the past 10 years of legislative and regulatory affairs work will serve MidAtlantic's members well as I work to build similar relationships throughout the entire territory."

Fuchs graduated from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) in Westminster, Maryland and is an alumni of LEAD Maryland.

About MidAtlantic Farm Credit:
MidAtlantic Farm Credit is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by its member‐borrowers. It provides farm loans for land, equipment, livestock and production; crop insurance; and rural home mortgages. The co‐op has over 10,500 members and approximately $2.3 billion in loans outstanding. MidAtlantic has branches serving Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. It is part of the national Farm Credit System, a network of financial cooperatives established in 1916 to provide a dependable source of credit to farmers and rural America.

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