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Cultivating relationships in 2025: How we help farmers succeed

First on the Farm Newsletter

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.
Family Office Advisor Sarah Hogg meeting with clients.

Beyond the numbers: How to unlock the potential of your personal financial statement

When you hear the term “personal financial statement,” it’s likely you think of columns of numbers, a balance sheet, and net worth calculations. While the data itself is important for managing personal finances, the true value of a personal financial statement (PFS) goes far beyond the numbers.
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Insuring Your Success: 2025 farm program decisions and crop insurance updates

First on the Farm Newsletter

We have a lot to cover with the start of the new year, so let’s get into it. On December 21, 2024, Congress enacted the American Relief Act of 2025, which averted a government shutdown and extended the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (a.k.a. the Farm Bill).
A group of First National Bank teammates raking leaves for Rake the Town.

Supporting local communities in 2024: Volunteering and stewardship recap

When you keep your money at a local, community bank like ours, you can rest assured that it’s being reinvested back into the communities in which you live, work, and play. We love the Sioux Falls area. We’ve called it...
A middle-aged couple planning for retirement together.

Retirement timeline for tax-saving opportunities, other retirement benefits

First National Wealth Management

Are you stashing away the most money possible in your employer’s retirement plan? Contributing the maximum to your individual retirement account (IRA)? What about your Health Savings Account (HSA)? Do you know when you can and when you are required...
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What is purpose? Hear from hospice doctor, author Jordan Grumet

Common Cents on the Prairie™

“I always tell people, ‘You can’t find purpose; you create it.’ But it is true that we have to understand the, you know, the ‘beckonings’ — the things in our life that we might want to build purpose around.” Hospice...
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Project Pan, No Buy 2025, and deinfluencing: The money trends you need to know about this year

The biggest 2025 money trends: Now that we’re in the new year and resolution-setters have made their goals known, you’ve maybe heard some terms floating around like “Project Pan” and “no-buy challenge.” After we all were constantly tightening our wallets...
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Bank Holiday Calendar

We want to make sure your banking needs are always taken care of. You can find our upcoming closures and hours in our bank holiday calendar below. For information on specific branch locations, visit here.
Santa and Mrs. Claus sitting in a sleigh holding First National Bank mugs.

Tea With Teammates

Santa Night

If Santa is truly real, then there can only be one. Ask the children of First National Bank's teammates and they would tell you they know him.
Kyle Cipperley and Don Rahn recording an episode of the Common Cents on the Prairie podcast.

8 year-end financial planning tips to get your money in shape for 2025

Want to know how financial experts get their money in shape for the new year — so you can too? On the latest episode of our podcast, Common Cents on the Prairie™, First National Wealth Management’s very own Adam Cox,...
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