Alumni Spotlight: Larry Cunningham (BS 1981)
Larry Cunningham, Chief Lending Officer Chattanooga Ag Credit and Seed Stock Producer of Polled Hereford Cattle.
Chattanooga Ag Credit serves more than 2,300 farm families in 12
southeastern Tennessee counties. ³We are a farmer-owner cooperative
providing loans to help farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, and rural
homeowners grow financially,² says the B.S. ¹81 Animal Science graduate.³Our goal is to allow people the opportunity to share in farm life and farm
values by providing them funds.² Away from the office Cunningham spends time
on his 200-acre family farm raising Registered Polled Herefords. Farm life
is even more special since he and his wife, Michelle, had twin boys in
August. Cunningham is a past president of Tennessee 4-H Foundation and
currently serves as president of the Tennessee Beef Industry Council, which
oversees the Beef Checkoff Program. The program adds value to the products
produced by the state¹s beef producers through research to ensure product safety, marketing promotions, and product development. One product the Checkoff developed is the wildly popular flat iron steak.
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Margot Emery
Senior Writer/Producer
University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
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