About MARBIDCO
We work with commercial lenders, such as Farm Credit Associations and commercial banks, and public institutions, such as the USDA Rural Development and Farm Service Agency (FSA), to help farmers and resource-based businesses find financing opportunities.
Our most popular program, the Maryland Resource-Based Industry Financing Fund (“MRBIFF"), provides low-cost loans to applicants, working in partnership with commercial banks and Farm Credit lenders. There are currently two options available. (See below links.)
Through the MRBIFF program, MARBIDCO has helped many agricultural enterprises diversify or expand their operations, and assisted young and beginning farmers buy their first farms.
Working with MARBIDCO
MARBIDCO’s loan programs typically require some form of public or commercial lender participation. Please explore our loan and grant programs and contact us to find out how we work together and assist in financing agricultural and resource-based industry business ventures. If you are a Farm Credit loan officer seeking more information about the MRBIFF Loan Participation program, please reach out to Brian Cadden at bcadden@marbidco.org, info@marbidco.org, or call (410) 267-6807
“My personal experience is that MARBIDCO is the most user-friendly credit resource in today’s market, from both the lender and customer perspective. That fact, coupled with tremendous staff responsiveness and support, would draw me to MARBIDCO whenever a potential agricultural scenario was present in a proposed financing project.”
– Richard Van Gelder
Vice President of Provident State Bank - Salisbury, MD