High Plains Farm Credit – Home for the Past 37 Years It is truly amazing to think back over 37 years ago, I was getting out of college and wanted to be involved with agriculture in my future job. I grew up on a farm thinking agriculture was the best and greatest business. I still…
Lessons in Leadership This summer most of our directors attended the Gettysburg Leadership Experience. The training highlighted choices made, opportunities missed and conversations avoided at Gettysburg which changed the course of history. Attendees heard about battle decision points, explored those same sites and reflected on how we can apply those lessons to our current challenges. …
High Plains Farm Credit has collaborated with Fort Hays State University to offer eight students the opportunity to serve on a student…
High Plains Farm Credit is committed to the future of rural America. Through our scholarship program, we are able to invest…
The most common stockholder question we have fielded over the past couple of years is “How do I position my operation for the future?” Recently, I’ve started getting another question: “Is this a good time to expand my operation?” Depressed commodity prices and lower land values have kept most producers focused on remaining profitable rather…
The year-end land value trends for the association have recently been completed and offer an interesting look at what land values are doing in our area. Our association keeps records of land sales in our
High Plains Farm Credit finished the year with over $27 million in record earnings. In doing so, the Board of Directors has agreed to payout the largest ever patronage dividend to the stockholders. The patronage equates to nearly a 0.85% return on business volume totaling, drum roll please, $9,400,000. HPFC team members will be out…
October is National Cooperative Month which brings attention to the multiple ways cooperatives help build more vibrant rural communities and improve the livelihood of their members. This newsletter is a shining example of how High Plains Farm Credit is an active financial cooperative that shares its success with our customer-stockholders. High Plains Farm Credit is…
Kansas is among the nation’s leaders in the beef industry. One factor that makes the beef supply chain so strong in Kansas is that every segment exists here. An important partner in the industry is our agricultural lenders. As the beef industry, in collaboration with K-State, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and USDA, develops a…