Ron Pierce
Currently owner of Pierce Real Estate Sales, specializing in sale of farm land in East Central, Illinois.
Retired 2019 as Vice president and Senior Farm Manager of First Mid Ag Services, Charleston, Illinois.
January 1995 to July 2, 2018 owner of Ronald R. Pierce Farm Management. A firm specializing in the management and sale of Agricultural Real Estate in the East Central Illinois area. July 2, 2019 – Pierce Farm Management sold to First Mid Ag Services.
October 1976 to December 15, 1994, he worked in the Farm Management and Trust Department of the Boatmen’s National Bank located in Charleston, Illinois. He was the Vice president of the Boatmen’s National Bank. Also, he held the title of Assistant Vice president and Farm Manager of Boatmen’s Trust Company of Illinois.
Ronald Pierce Farm Management managed for absentee land owners and trustees approximately 17,000 acres of farm land in Central Illinois until its sale to First Mid.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Central Illinois with branches in both Charleston and Shelbyville, Illinois.
He owns and operates a small livestock and grain farm in Coles County East of Charleston.
He received his B.S. in Agriculture from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
Previous to his position with Boatmen’s Trust Company he was employed by the University of Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service.