MidAtlantic Farm Credit hired Paige Hargett as a loan officer. She will be based in the association’s Frederick, MD office and will report to Jim Aird, MidAtlantic Farm Credit’s senior vice president, PennMarVa Division.

“Paige has a strong agricultural background, having grown up on a farm right here in Maryland,” Aird said. “That, coupled with her knowledge of Farm Credit and our customers, will make her an excellent addition to our sales team.”

As a loan officer, Hargett will work with current and prospective customers to help them find the right financial solutions for their operation.

“Farm Credit has been a proponent in the success of family’s farm operation,” Hargett said. “As a loan officer, I look forward to further supporting the agricultural community and meeting my customers’ needs.”

Prior to joining Farm Credit, Hargett was a mortgage loan officer with NVR Mortgage.

MidAtlantic Farm Credit is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by its member-borrowers. It provides farm loans for land, equipment, livestock and production as well as crop insurance and rural home mortgages.