American AgCredit Joins the Idealyst Innovation Alliance to Unlock New Opportunities for Farmers

SANTA ROSA, Calif. and COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The complicated world farmers and ranchers need to navigate to be successful requires more support than ever before, from leveraging operational data to complex business planning. As a founding member of Idealyst Innovation Alliance (Idealyst), American AgCredit aims to cultivate and deliver innovation that strengthens America's producers.

"Farmers and ranchers face big, complex challenges that are difficult to tackle alone," said Curt Hudnutt, President and CEO of American AgCredit. "Innovation that solves these challenges needs a collaborative space to grow. Idealyst provides the opportunity for partnership across agriculture – and beyond – to build practical, impactful solutions that farmers need. American AgCredit's mission is to help farmers and ranchers succeed, and with Idealyst we're helping build a network of expertise, resources, and tools for farmers and ranchers today and in the future."

Idealyst unites trusted agribusinesses and solution providers across the agri-food value chain to foster a farmer-centric innovation ecosystem. Together with its alliance members, Idealyst will tackle some of the most significant issues that have traditionally hindered ag innovation. Members of Idealyst will deeply understand the root causes of problems most impacting American farmers, identify solutions that address those problems and open up new distribution channels to inspire producer adoption.

"American AgCredit exemplifies leadership, and we are thrilled to announce they have joined the Idealyst Innovation Alliance," said Brett Sciotto, CEO of Idealyst Innovation. "Their dedication to prioritizing farmers aligns with our mission to empower producers and strengthen America's food power. Together, we will accelerate innovation that help farmers and ranchers succeed in an increasingly complex environment."

About American AgCredit

American AgCredit was chartered in 1916 as part of the nationwide Farm Credit System and is the nation's fifth-largest Farm Credit association. American AgCredit specializes in providing financial services to agricultural and rural customers in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and serves capital market customers throughout the U.S. Learn more at agloan.com.

About Idealyst Innovation

Idealyst Innovation amplifies the voice of the farmer to cultivate and deliver innovation that makes them stronger. Their unique alliance unites trusted agribusinesses and solution providers across the agri-food value chain to foster a farmer-centric innovation ecosystem. Idealyst's process foresees and quantifies risks facing the agri-food system, understands how farmers experience those risks, curates solutions to those problems, and accelerates the path to market for those solutions.

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