Bob Ledingham

About Bob Ledingham

Conduct farm loan making, supervision and servicing operations of up to $30 million of USDA Farm Service Agency government direct and $30 million in guaranteed loan portfolios in from one to seven offices in from one to fifteen counties./ Manage and supervise up to 15 employees./ Served on Emergency Loan task forces to Glasgow, Shelby and Wolf Point, MT as well as Marion, Indiana./ Two details to the USDA Bldg in Washington, D.C.(one on Pigford law suit and one to participate in the (self regulating) National Office\'s review of West Virgina farm loans./ Worked in the FmHA District Office in Eastern NM for ten years (19••••95), traveling miles / year, making and servicing direct and guaranteed i) rural business and industry,ii) community facility, multi-family housing, and iv) water and disposal system loans, as well as assisting in supervising the v) farm and vi) single family loan programs in seven FmHA county offices. 1995 to Present - Administer the FSA direct and guaranteed a) farm ownership, b) farm operating, c) emergency-disaster, d) conservation and e) youth loan making and servicing programs; currently in a 405 mile long by 230 mile wide area (15 counties) of Eastern NM, with agricultural enterprises including: i) range raised beef cattle, ii) confinement dairy cattle, wheat, iv) corn, v) grain sorghum, vi) alfalfa, vi) peas, vii) pumpkins, ix) melons, x) cotton, and xi) truck vegetable farming./ Served as lead state farm loan officer trainer in NM for the agency for over 10+ years./ President of NM Association of Credit Specialists-FSA, for 10+ years./ Member - National Assoc. of Credit Specialists - FSA, for 40 years.

Experience

1. Farm Loan Manager

   Usda

   Sep 1977 — Present

   Farm Loan ManagerUSDA-FSAManage and supervise employees in one (1) Type I and one (1) Type II farm loan program office conducting USDA Farm Service Agency direct and guaranteed farm loan making, supervision and servicing on up to $30 million in government loan portfolios, in fifteen (15) Eastern New Mexico counties./ During my career (September 1977 – Present) with USDA Farm Service Agency, I have i) made, ii) serviced, collected or liquidated, supervised and iv) managed - a) farm real estate; b) crop; c) chattel; d) livestock; e) farm equipment; f) single family housing; g) multi-family housing; h) business and industry; i) water and waste water; and j) community facility portfolios totaling approximately 6,100 loans, located geographically throughout large multi-county areas serving: 1) Dillon, MT; 2) Helena, MT; 3) Lincoln, MT; 4) Malta, MT; 5) Townsend, MT; 6) Carlsbad, NM; 7) Clayton, NM; 8) Clovis, NM; 9) Fort Sumner, NM 10) Las Vegas, NM 11) Lovington, NM, 12) Mora, NM 13) Portales, NM,14) Raton, NM; 15) Roswell, NM; 16) Santa Rosa, NM; and 17) Tucumcari, NM.(Average portfolio size approximately 300 loans per office).Served as Assist District Director / Acting District Director of the FmHA District Office in Eastern NM for ten years (19••••95), traveling miles / year, making and servicing direct and guaranteed i) rural business and industry, ii) community facility, multi-family housing, and iv) water and disposal system loans, as well as assisting in supervising the v) farm and vi) single family loan programs in seven FmHA county offices./ Served a detail as Acting NM State Farm Loan Chief in Albuquerque, NM for one month.

Education

• NMSU

  Bachelors, An Sci/Ag Bus, 3.195

  1973 — 1976

• American Socieciety of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers

  NA, Farm Real Estate Appraisal 101

  1984 — 1984

• Trinity University

  NA, Real Estate Appraisal 101

  1986 — 1986

• Dun & Bradstreet

  Analyzing Financial Statements

  1987 — 1987

• Norman Oklahoma

  NA, USDA Loan Making and Servicing

  1979 — 1979