Farm Credit Services of America

We've been busy at the Black Hills Stock Show this week. We were proud to be the title sponsor of the Black Hills Stock Show Horse Sale and sponsor of: 🐎 20x High School Rodeo 🐑 Youth Beef, Sheep and Goat Shows 🐮 Angus Cattle Show Attendees can stop by booth 1123 through Saturday to say hi. 👋

The first day of the Iowa Ag Expo is in the books. ✅ This week, our team will be speaking with attendees about everything from our cooperative model to financing and crop insurance options.

More than 115 young and beginning producers joined us in Kearney last week for our Side by Side conference. Over the course of two days, attendees spent time honing their financial skills and building valuable relationships with their peers. Each attendee was challenged to better understand their "why." 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺? Understanding why something is done can often provide additional insight into how to best complete a task or goal. Thank you to everyone for taking time away from their operations to attend.

Thank you to everyone who made Shine the Light on Hunger a success. This year's campaign will provide more than 8 million meals to those facing hunger in our communities. 👏

More than 37,000 cash-back dividend checks are in the mail and on their way to the farmers and ranchers we serve. This marks 21 straight years of sharing our earnings with eligible customer-owners.

Check out this breakdown of cropland sales in your state. ⬇ Interested in learning more about farmland values? Find a link to our latest benchmark farmland values report in the comments below.

Join us for our 2025 Women in Ag Conference in Sioux Falls for a day of learning and laughter with fellow female ag producers. Check out a few highlights from the agenda below. ⬇ ✔ Journey with speaker and author John O'Leary as he powerfully celebrates the possibility of how you can serve, love and impact more profoundly in your own life. ✔ Discover “The Cost of Waiting” to prepare a farm transition plan with Lisa Quist, Land as Your Legacy RVP. ✔ Learn more about annual farm financials, mental health and rethinking your thinking with various breakout session experts. Register today: fcsamerica.com/womeninag

See how farmland values changed by state in 2024 according to our latest benchmark farmland values report.   Twice a year, we appraise the same 63 benchmark farms, proving an apples-to-apples comparison from one period to the next. Each benchmark farm represents agriculture in its geographic area.   In Iowa, benchmark farms are primarily cropland, with a smaller number of mixed cropland and pasture. The makeup of benchmark farms changes farther west. In Nebraska, both irrigated and dryland cropland benchmark farms are valued. A mix of pasture and cropland is more common on the eastern sides of Nebraska and South Dakota than on the western sides, where puritan pasture tracts are more common.   Link to full report in the comments below.

Our Working Here Fund grants are one of the many ways we deliver on our mission to serve agriculture and rural communities. They support projects in three focus areas – ag education, hunger and nutrition and rural disaster relief / essential services. In 2024, more than $3 million went towards projects like: ✔ Greenhouses ✔ Rescue equipment ✔ FFA support ✔ Food pantries ✔ Agriculture education materials

Analyst Dave Weaber at Terrain looks at what the beef industry can expect in the first quarter of 2025. View some highlights below. ⬇ ✔ Tighter supplies boost fed cattle prices ✔ Pest discovery in Mexico likely to support feeder cattle prices ✔ Beef cow herd expansion remains uncertain ✔ U.S. consumer-level beef demand and spending remain robust Read the full outlook: https://lnkd.in/gxkkARtk