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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.
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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...
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

First on the Farm Newsletter

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! We have an amazing lineup of speakers for this year, including Dr. Joe Santos, director...

Phil DeGroot named Agribusiness Citizen of the Year

The following article is shared with permission from the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce. It can also be read on their website or in the January/February 2024 edition of “Chamber News” magazine.  Agribusiness Division of the Greater Sioux Falls...
Members of the First National Ag Team pose for a group photo in a grassy pasture at sunset.

Shifting roles in the First National Ag Team

First on the Farm

Like the changing of the seasons, some of you may have noticed significant changes in the First National Ag Team recently! First off, I would like to formally welcome David Painter to the team. David joins us as an Ag...
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Insuring Your Success – October 2023

First on the Farm

As we recently announced on the blog, we have decided to rebrand First Crop Solutions to First Ag Risk Management (FARM)! With our focus on providing more than just “crop” insurance, we felt it was important to better reflect the...
Black cattle standing in a field of cornstalks.

First Crop Solutions changes to First Ag Risk Management

Our Ag team has had quite the eventful summer. We added a new face to the team, promoted two familiar faces, and officially announced the rebranding of our crop insurance division, formerly known as First Crop Solutions. As you harvest...
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