ASFMRA Members Earn Highest Professional Status

RENO, Nev. - Nov. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- These designations demonstrate the completion of stringent education and experience requirements, rigorous oral and written examinations, and maintaining the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, competence, and ethics.  These recipients join a select percentage of the ASFMRA membership who have received, and maintain through continuing education, the Accredited status. ASFMRA honored the following 32 AFMs, 6 ARAs, 1 RPRA, and 10 AACs at their Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada.

Accredited Farm Managers:

Kyle Amos, AFM
 Highfield Farm Asset Services, Amarillo, TX
John E. Arnold, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Turlock, CA
David Baughman, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Savoy, IL
James R. Dunlap, AFM, ARA
 Dunlap Appraisal & Agri Mgmt, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD
Carl B. Evers, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Turlock, CA
David E. Evers, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Chico, CA
Blake J. Florell, AFM
 Farmers National Company, Kearney, NE
Matthew Foos , AFM
 Farmers National Company, Spearville, KS
Chris Hammell, AFM
 Thornhill Ranches, Santa Maria, CA
Randy Heinzen, AFM
 Vineyard Professional Services, Templeton, CA
Mark T. Hutson, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Turlock, CA
Lloyd Johnson, AFM
 Farmers National Company, Broken Bow, NE
Steve D. MacGregor, AFM
 Farmers National Company, Plainview, NE
Ryan H. Metzler, AFM
 Capital Agricultural Property Services, Fresno, CA
Chris Ostmeyer, AFM
 Farmers National Company, Kechi, KS
Kenneth K. Peters, AFM
 Capital Agricultural Property Services, Inc., Fresno, CA
Christian J. Ramirez, AFM
 Nevitt & Associates, Chandler, AZ
James Redmond, AFM
 Farmland Management Services, Moses Lake, WA
Erik C. Roget, AFM, ARA, RPRA
 UBS AgriVest, LLC, Lodi, CA
Mayo P. Ryan, AFM
 Paramount Farms, Inc., Fresno, CA
Donald L. Threadgold, AFM
 CorTrust Bank, Artesian, SD
James W. Weatherford, AFM
 Nevitt & Associates, LLC, Chandler, AZ

Accredited Farm Managers/ Accredited Agricultural Consultants
Boyd Corkins, AFM, AAC
 Paramount Citrus, Pinedale, CA
Hugh A. Hunt, AFM, AAC
 Hunt Seed Co., Inc., Hallock, MN
Clay Jacobson, AFM, AAC
 River Ranch, Fall River Mills, CA
Roger L. Leach, AFM, AAC
 US Bank Farm Management, Springfield, IL
Mark J. Peterson, AFM, ARA, AAC
 Kefa Capital, Inc., Clovis, CA
Skye Adam Root, AFM, AAC
 Westchester Group Investment Management, Inc., Boise, ID

Accredited Agricultural Consultants
Michael Anchordoquy, AAC
 Grubb & Ellis/ASU & Associates, Bakersfield, CA
Johan Bolle, AAC
 RaboBank, N.A., Fresno, CA
Timothy A Fuchs, AAC
 Rabobank, N.A., Fresno, CA
Peter Holmes, AAC
 Peter M. Holmes Co., Inc., Woodland, CA
Kenneth L. Warlick, AAC
 Hancock Natural Resource Group, Charlotte, NC
Daniel Whisenhunt, AAC
 Innovative Sales, Inc., Modesto, CA

Accredited Rural Appraisers
Lorrain Joaquin Friant, AFM, ARA, AAC
 Farm Credit West, Yuba City, CA
Jenna McCarty, ARA
 Front Range Ag Appraisal, LLC, Greeley, CO
Ben S. Moore, ARA
 USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC
Melissa Sandlin, ARA
 American AgAppraisals, Merced, CA
Eric Stroschein, ARA
 Rabo AgriFinance, Twin Falls, ID
David Tilton, ARA
 USDA Forest Service, Trout Lake, WA

Real Property Review Appraisers
Michael Ward, Michael, RPRA
 US Department of the Interior, Office Valuation Services, Anchorage, AK

“We are pleased with the commitment to professional excellence these people have shown,” stated, S. James Rickert, AFM, ARA, the American Society's national president from Fall River Mills, CA.  “By receiving these designations, their clients, associates and industry peers can easily recognize their personal investment and dedication to maintaining an exceptional degree of knowledge and skill.”

The ASFMRA is the recognized leader as an international organization for professionals who provide management, consultation and valuation services on agricultural and rural assets. Its focus is to create and maintain a professionally trained group of Accredited Farm Managers (AFM), Accredited Rural Appraisers (ARA), Real Property Appraisers (RPRA), AND Accredited Agricultural Consultants (AAC), who are capable of providing expert guidance and assistance to people who own and/or operate agricultural lands and rural resource properties.

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The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) is recognized as the premier organization for rural property professionals, providing excellent education, networking opportunities, and legislative representation for its members. The American Society was founded in 1929 and has 35 local chapters within seven regional districts throughout the U.S.