Nelson Powell is a director with MetLife Investment Management's Agricultural Finance group, working out of its Southern Regional Office. He makes farm and ranch real estate loans in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and often works with a network of experienced ag lenders on operating and equipment financing to put together a whole-farm debt package.

Nelson is a Director with MetLife Investment Management, confirmed through his LinkedIn profile. MetLife Investment Management makes farm and ranch real estate loans, as shown on its own website. Lenders don't hold an individual license we can look up, so for lenders, Verified means we confirmed the lending organization and the person's active ag lending role. Last checked November 2026.

Nelson is an eighth-generation farmer with 23 years in direct ag lending across row crops, specialty crops, pork, poultry and cattle. He works from a home office in Clinton, North Carolina, and spends much of his time on his clients' farms.