Through a mail ballot, the stockholders of FCS Financial elected three directors to the board who will serve four-year terms. Elected by the cooperative’s member-owners were incumbents Andy Kapp of Clarksdale, Mo., Glen Cope of Aurora, Mo., and Dan Devlin of Edina, Mo.
FCS Financial provides credit and financial services to agricultural producers, agricultural-related businesses and rural residents. The board consists of 12 elected and 3 appointed members and has 12 areas of representation.
Kapp, 57, represents Andrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and Worth counties. He, his wife, Dana, and daughter, Emma, carry on the tradition of operating a row crop farm on his family’s Missouri Century Farm that was established in 1881. They grow yellow corn and soybeans using the no-till management practices his dad started 40 years ago and cover crops. Kapp employs precision agriculture to maintain nutrients and ensure sustainable land stewardship for future generations. Kapp graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in food science and nutrition. He is an active member in his community serving various youth group fundraisers and judging county fair exhibits and scholarship programs. Kapp is involved with the Andrew County Farm Bureau Board, Missouri Soybean Association and Missouri Corn Growers Association. He received the Governor’s Award for Agricultural Achievement in 2015. Kapp has served on FCS Financial’s stockholder advisory and nominating committees and was elected to the board in 2021.
Cope, 45, serves Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and Stone counties. A fourth-generation cattle rancher, he and his wife, Leanne, have two children, Orran and Katie. Cope currently serves on the MFA Oil board. He has held several leadership roles including past board member and chairman of the Missouri Beef Industry Council, board member of MFA Incorporated, president of Barry County Farm Bureau, and chaired the Missouri Farm Bureau's Beef Commodity Advisory Committee for three years. Additionally, he served on both the Missouri Farm Bureau and American Farm Bureau Federation boards and participated in their Young Farmer and Rancher committees. Glen was elected to the FCS Financial Board in 2018.
Devlin, 52, represents Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Putnam, Schuyler and Scotland counties. He is a self-employed grain farmer in Knox County where he and his wife, Karisha, operate a grain farm raising corn and soybeans. Devlin earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri. He is actively involved in various organizations including the Knox County Soil and Water Conservation District Board, the MU Greenley Research Center Advisory Board, and the St. Joseph Church Finance Committee. He is also an alumnus of Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT) Class 12. He has served on the FCS Financial Board of Directors since 2009. Devlin and his wife have two children.
For more information about FCS Financial, visit www.myfcsfinancial.com.
