ICBA Independent Banker magazine is now accepting nominations for its second annual 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders awards! CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE BY JAN. 31! ICBA seeks to recognize community banking’s brightest, mot promising young professionals. Winners will be featured in Independent Banker’s June 2020 issue and honored at ICBA’s LEAD FWD Summit. Candidates will be […]

The ICBSD/ICBND Cooperative Liquidity Program (“Liquidity Program”) is a cooperative bank-to-bank network established to provide an additional funds management tool for ICBSD/ICBND member banks. ICBSD and ICBND provide a communication link between Liquidity Program members who have available liquidity with those members who have short-term funding needs. ICBSD/ICBND is responsible for maintaining and communicating the […]

According to the USDA, net farm income (a broad measure of profits) is forecast to increase $4.0 billion (4.8 percent) to $88.0 billion in 2019, after increasing in both 2017 and 2018. How will this market shift impact the values of land and farm equipment, and producers’ buying behavior? Ryan J. Wieman of Wieman Land […]

From weather to prices and trades to tariffs, this year has been far from normal for the agriculture industry. Join us at our fall conference, Eye on Agriculture, taking place on November 13th at the Sioux Falls Convention Center for a hands on conference regarding the challenging year our South Dakota farmers have faced and […]

We are excited to have Glenn Muller of the South Dakota Pork Producers lead one of our breakout sessions at our upcoming fall conference Eye on Agriculture. Register for Eye on Agriculture here. Glenn Muller has been the Executive Director of the South Dakota Pork Producers since August, 2010.  Glenn and his wife Joan live on and […]

We are excited to have Mike Sonne of Swenson Investments and Commodities lead one of our breakout sessions at our upcoming fall conference Eye on Agriculture (register here!). Sonne will be presenting “Why it is Important for Bankers to Understand Risk Management”. Mike Sonne holds a finance degree from Dakota State University (’05) and a […]

Cannabis banking is a hot and controversial topic in the banking industry. André Herrera of Hypur, Inc. will be joining our fall conference to discuss the financial considerations of hemp and cannabis banking. André is Chief Compliance Officer at Hypur, Inc. where he leads Hypur’s collaboration with financial institutions on compliance and regulatory issues. Previously, he […]

Sarah Richardson Larson of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P is bringing her time and talents to our fall conference, Eye on Agriculture! In her presentation “Estate Planning” Sarah will provide the basics including how best to own assets; the use of wills, trusts, and durable powers of attorney; the ins and outs of gifting; […]

We are excited to announce Baltic natives, philanthropists, agronomists and entrepreneurs Darren and Brian Hefty will be sharing their time and agriculture expertise with us at our 2019 directors and management conference, Eye on Agriculture! Darren and Brian Hefty are the hosts of Ag PhD TV, which has been bringing agronomic information to farmers for […]