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A room full of farmers sitting at tables during the Cultivate Your Future event.

Cultivating relationships in 2025: How we help farmers succeed

2024 was one of the best years for the First National Ag Team. We continued providing value to our customer relationships. We continued to add new, talented team members and to grow our footprint.
62 days ago
A combine unloading into a grain cart.

Harvest time: A season of new beginnings

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.
178 days ago
Ag producers and family business owners attending First National Bank's annual Cultivate Your Future event.

First National Bank’s producer education programs offer opportunities for growth

Cultivate Your Future The First National Ag Team is honored and excited to present our 15th annual Cultivate Your Future event on February 15, 2024.
A cornfield at dusk in front of a colorful sunset

Changes on the horizon this harvest season

Harvest season means so much to all of us in the ag industry.
Representatives for the Independent Community Bankers of South Dakota meet with Senator John Thune in Washington, D.C.

Advocating for agriculture

While we may have gotten a late start to spring field work and planting, South Dakota farmers were able to catch up in a hurry, getting generally everything finished in a timely manner

Planning for 2023: An agricultural forecast

According to The Kiplinger Letter, we can expect a slow-growth economy in 2023.
A tractor pulling a planter out of the shed.

Headwinds on the horizon

As most of you have put your planters away and are busy wrapping up spraying, tending to livestock, and picking up the pieces from the recent storms, you’ve probably already begun to think about harvest this fall
A field of hay bales at dusk.

An optimistic look at 2021

The following is a story from the September 2021 edition of our First on the Farm Newsletter.