New York, New York, USA
July 14, 2011

Porter C. Little, a veteran agricultural banker, has joined AgriCapital Advisors, AgriCapital's team of executives and professionals with deep industry knowledge and expertise along the whole spectrum of agribusiness. He will serve the special needs of agribusiness companies with his strong agricultural finance skills, and dairy industry expertise, and will strengthen AgriCapital's capabilities in M&A and financings.

Little has served in the agribusiness industry for over 40 years. His experience includes 38 years with the Farm Credit System, the last 21 years with CoBank, ACB and its predecessor entities. During his career, he held positions in the area of credit approval, credit administration, international banking services and relationship management. At the time of his retirement from CoBank, he was handling some of CoBank’s largest relationships, both cooperative and non-cooperative.

Little has worked with the senior management of companies across a broad spectrum of agribusiness industries, and has participated in many agricultural trade organizations. He
has made presentations on finance and trade finance both domestically and internationally.

RB Halaby, Chairman of AgriCapital, commented: “We are very pleased to have Porter join our team of advisors with his depth of knowledge in the areas of banking and dairy.

AgriCapital is a specialized investment banking firm focused on agribusiness. It provides advisory services related to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; private placements of
debt and equity; and corporate finance consulting. Since its inception in 1983, it has been involved in over 450 assignments on behalf of over 300 agribusiness.

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Published: July 14, 2011