Lone Star Ag Credit Hosts Appreciation Dinner in Ore City

Fort Worth, Texas –Lone Star, ACA (Lone Star Ag Credit), the premier ag-lender in Texas, hosted their 5th Annual Appreciation Dinner on April 19th at Catfish Village in Ore City, Texas for the stockholders’ of the New Boston Credit Office.  The dinner was held to thank stockholders for helping make 2006 an extremely successful year and for their continued support of the association.

The catfish dinner celebrated a $7,000,000 cash patronage that was paid out to stockholders in the first quarter of 2007.  The Association’s credit quality, earnings and growth were excellent in 2006.

“When our association is successful, we pass the success to the borrowers.  That is the beautiful thing about a cooperative association – everyone benefits,” said Brody Baird, New Boston Credit Office president.

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.

May 21, 2007