Richard Horn, chief lending officer at Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, recently announced that Russell Lowe and Austin Outlaw have joined the agricultural lending institution as credit risk analysts.

Lowe is a graduate of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., with a bachelor’s in finance and real estate. A native of Marianna, Fla., he brings experience in financial analysis as well as in financial and strategic planning.

Outlaw is a graduate of Auburn University, having earned a bachelor’s in agricultural business and economics in December 2010. Outlaw, a native of Monroe County, Ala., was most recently active in ALFA Young Farmers Club at Auburn University, where he was also named to the Honor Society of Agriculture.

Headquartered in Bainbridge, Ga., Southwest Georgia Farm Credit serves 21 counties in Georgia and is part of the AgFirst Farm Credit district, which covers 15 eastern states and Puerto Rico.