RIDGELAND, Miss. – Southern AgCredit recently added to its lending staff and named a new human resources manager. The rural lending cooperative specializes in financing land and agricultural operations in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Steele Hardin has joined Southern AgCredit as a loan officer in its Greenwood, Mississippi, branch office. Hardin graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. He began his career with Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance, first as an agent in Jackson and later in Indianola. He resides in Greenwood with his wife, Sarah Beth, and their daughter.   

Kim Webb has been promoted to human resources and office manager in the cooperative’s Ridgeland administrative office. Webb joined Southern AgCredit in 2014 as an office administrator. Prior to that, she was a customer service representative for a local commercial bank. A native of Amite, Louisiana, she resides in Flora, Mississippi, with her husband and their children. 

“Steele is an excellent addition to the local lending team, and I’m excited to work with Kim in her new role in human resources,” said Phillip Morgan, Southern AgCredit CEO. “The talent we have here at Southern AgCredit is top-notch.”