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Overview of world markets and grains

First on the Farm Newsletter March 2021

On Thursday, February 11, we were fortunate enough to hold our Cultivate Your Future event at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sioux Falls. It was great to safely gather in person with our customers again and have a chance to...
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Farm cash flows are changing

First on the Farm Newsletter March 2021

At the beginning of 2020, producers were going into planting looking at $3.25 corn, $8.50 soybeans, and livestock that was going to be hard to make a profit. With what ended up being a dry 2020, a hurricane going through...
Morgan Housel with his book The Psychology of Money.

The Psychology of Money: Behaviors of successful investors

One of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to investing and financial planning is that you have to have hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to do it. That’s simply not true. One thing that is true, though?...
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FNB’s 2020 year in review

While 2020 was a crazy year, our teammates worked hard to find new ways to make banking easier and better for you. Here’s a look at a few of the things we did last year. Online account opening During the...
Todd Van Den Bosch, a Chamberlain ag banker for The First National Bank in Sioux Falls.

FNB Family Friday: Todd Van Den Bosch

FNB Family Friday

Tell us about your background: where you grew up, where you went to school, industry experience, and volunteer work. I grew up in Hull, Iowa, and attended Dordt College and Northwest Iowa Community College. After college, I worked in construction...
The "Nifty Five" companies.

The ‘Nifty Five’ market

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of well-known stocks dominated the investment landscape. Dubbed the “Nifty Fifty,” these household names were known for their popular products and seemingly no-brainer investment merit. These companies — such as General Electric, Coca-Cola,...
Joe Dylla and Adam Cox.

Estate planning basics

The great New York Yankee catcher and wordsmith Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” The same thing can happen with your assets during or after your lifetime without an...
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Financial habits through the decades

What we’ve gone through over the course of the last few months has left us all wondering, what’s next? As COVID-19 made its way around the world, grave public health and economic concerns preceded it. In the initial days and...
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