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Farmers and ranchers attending First National Bank's Cultivate Your Future event.

Grow with us during the 2025 Farmers ’N Bankers program

Now that we’re through the harvest and winter has begun to settle in, producers are starting to look forward to the next year and planning and preparing for 2025. Our Ag Banking team is looking forward to different programing for...
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Darren Hefty of Hefty Seed Company joins our board of directors

Darren Hefty has joined The First National Bank in Sioux Falls Board of Directors, effective November 19, 2024. Hefty is the co-owner of Hefty Seed Company, headquartered in Baltic, SD, which operates in 50 locations across 12 states. The company...
An aerial view of a Hutterite colony in South Dakota.

Join us for the 2025 Hutterite Banking Institute program

As the old saying goes, “the only constant in life is change.” That message is applicable to nearly everyone, but for the purpose of this article, I want to apply it to what we are seeing with Hutterite colonies. While...
A combine unloading into a grain cart.

Harvest time: A season of new beginnings

First on the Farm Newsletter

In last year’s fall newsletter, I focused on three themes as we approached harvest season: Abundance Reflection Preparation This year feels a little different going into 2025. As such, we’ll focus on one theme that seems relevant to me personally...
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Insuring Your Success – Crop insurance updates going into 2025

First on the Farm Newsletter

Wrapping up 2024 Although it’s still early, I’m seeing and hearing of corn production at or above Actual Production History (APH) levels for multi-peril crop insurance. As I type this article, ironically, both new crop corn and soybean futures prices...
An early summer cornfield beneath a partly cloudy sky.

Insuring Your Success: Risk management considerations for summer 2024

First on the Farm Newsletter

This article was written on June 15. For up-to-date information regarding recent flooding, please contact your banker. Although spring rains created planting delays and even prevent plant decisions in some areas, they were welcomed by most. At this time last...
Rob Thuringer and Dave Ellens, owners of Lakeco Crop Services.

Owners of ag retailer Lakeco Crop Services recount 2019 flooding, banking partnership

First on the Farm Newsletter

The year was 2019, and flooding was rampant across southeastern South Dakota. It started in the spring with heavy snowfall that was abruptly followed by a quick snow melt. And if that wasn’t enough to derail the state’s #1 industry,...
Phil DeGroot standing in front of a picture of a farm, holding a First National Bank mug.

Tea With Teammates

Phil DeGroot

Want to know our teammates’ deepest, darkest secrets? We asked Phil DeGroot to spill the tea about being named 2024 Agribusiness Citizen of the Year.
A tractor planting a field.

Committed to agriculture for nearly 140 years

In 1885, we got our start in ag banking. And to this day, we remain committed to agriculture and serving farmers. With branch locations in Sioux Falls, Baltic, Brandon, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, and Harrisburg, our roots run deep within farm...
A Hereford cow standing in a snowstorm.

Insuring Your Success – February 2024

First on the Farm Newsletter

Looking back at some of our previous ag newsletters, it seemed that a common theme for this time of year has always been and will continue to be “risk management.” After all, we did change our agency name from First...
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