Loan harvesters

Polk County entrepreneurs Brian Philpot and Rob Harper first found success in buying and selling farmland. Then came the challenges of owning, then selling, a landmark amusement park.

Now the duo is back with Act Three: land lending.

Their ambitious plans are through AgAmerica Lending, a unit of the firm they run, Lakeland-based Land South Group. Founded in 2010, AgAmerica now accounts for 80% of the personnel and 50% of the holdings of the duo's group of companies. In four years, AgAmerica — previously called Bankers South — has grown from four employees to 36. The firm declined to share revenue figures.