Farm Credit Services of Illinois is a farmer owned and directed agriculture lending cooperative. With $2.4 billion of assets and 170 employees in 21 branch offices, Farm Credit provides competitive farm financing and crop insurance expertise to 8,000 farm families, agribusinesses, and rural landowners throughout the southern 60 counties of Illinois. The Effingham branch office primarily serves Effingham, Clay, Fayette, Jasper, and Marion Counties. The national Farm Credit System’s mission is to provide a sound, dependable, and competitive source of financial capital and related services to agriculture and Rural America.