Midlands people and achievements: William Robinson

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank has named William Robinson of St. Matthews as its newest director. He will serve a four-year term that will expire Dec. 31, 2019.

Robinson is a professional engineer in Lexington and a third-generation farmer. He has owned and operated Robinson Family Farms, which consists of 40 acres of row crops and 200 acres of timber, for nearly a quarter of a century. Robinson is also involved in a partnership that leases a 100-acre cow and calf farm with 50 head of cattle, as well as 10 acres of coastal Bermuda hay.