Lone Star Ag Credit Hosts Appreciation Dinner in Hooks, Texas Celebrating $7,000,000 Patronage Refund

Fort Worth, Texas - Lone Star Ag Credit hosted their 4th Annual Appreciation dinner at Rampage Farms in Hooks, Texas for the stockholders of New Boston Branch Office. This dinner was held to thank stockholders for helping make 2005 such a successful year and for their continued support of the association.

The BBQ dinner celebrated a $7,000,000 cash patronage that was paid out to stockholders in the first quarter of 2006. The Association’s credit quality, earnings and growth were excellent in 2005. President Brody Baird stated, "When the association prospers, cooperative principals would dictate that the stockholders, which in our case are our borrowers, should benefit."

For more than 90 years, Lone Star Ag Credit has been a reliable source of financing for Rural America.  Lone Star Ag Credit provides a unique view in today's banking environment by being a strong, customer-owned bank committed to providing courteous, accurate service through a well-trained, highly motivated staff. Lone Star Ag Credit offers a wide variety of loan programs at competitive rates including agricultural and recreational real estate, rural homes, operating, equipment, livestock and agribusiness loans.   Lone Star Ag Credit has offices located in Fort Worth, Sweetwater, Abilene, Stephenville, Weatherford, Cleburne, Denton, Sherman, Paris and New Boston.

June 2, 2006