East Lansing-based
GreenStone Farm Credit Services operates 37 locations throughout Michigan and Wisconsin, and continues to report steady growth both locally and company-wide. Company-wide the business added 28 new positions in 2011 and plan to add 17 new positions in 2012. Those numbers include 12 new Lansing-area positions last year and a projected 9 in the upcoming year.
“We have been blessed with a stronger agricultural economy than the economy in general,” says Beth Barker, senior vice-president and chief human resources officer for Greenstone, “so we have seen continual growth in the demand for our products.”
Greenstone has also stayed ahead of the curve in their market by adding some innovative services to benefit their customers.
“We are doing some creative things,” says Barker. “Our AgDirect program is a dealer-financing program that allows a customer to go into an equipment dealership and, on the spot, apply for financing. Loan documents are generated with in a hour or two.”
Greenstone is also celebrating their recognition as one of the 101 Best and the Brightest Companies to Work For in the Metro Detroit region, and more recently, on the national level.
“I alwsays had a sense that workplace culture here at Greenstone was special,” says Barker. “We wanted to test ourselves against other companies. I’m pleased to say we made the national list.”
Enjoy this story?
Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.