USMEF’s newest member is CoBank, a national cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states.

CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture and the nation’s rural economy. In addition to serving its direct retail borrowers, the bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 70,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country.

Headquartered just outside Denver, Colo., CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore. Contact information:

CoBank, ABC
5500 S. Quebec Street
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
James Matzat, Vice President
Email: jmatzat@cobank.com
Web site: www.cobank.com
Tel.: (303) 740-4355
Fax (303) 224-2529

Other contacts:

Karen Lowe, Klowe@cobank.com
Holly Womack, hwomack@cobank.com
Rachael Dettmann Spiegel, rspiegel@cobank.com