Farm Management
Farmers State Bank offers professionally directed farm management services. Our farm management professionals are familiar with agricultural issues through personal land ownership, involvement with active farming operations, and membership in area farm organizations.
Our services include assisting with management decision-making, recommending and screening tenants, assistance with marketing, as well as crop and input decisions. Our farm management services have become an integral part to the success of many absentee landowners. Your Farmers State Bank farm management professionals take pride in managing your farm exactly as they would manage their own.
In addition to the services described above, we also assist our clients in identifying and negotiating quality leases with outfitters interested in utilizing our clients land for hunting, often times increasing the net return on the land by significant percentages. Should you wish to look into acquiring additional land, we work with local real estate agents and others knowledgeable of the local land market to identify and develop packages of eligible land for acquisition. Our agricultural lenders located in each of our branch offices as well as the main facility in downtown Pittsfield are experts at putting together lending packages customized to fit our clients needs.
A list of the following services and practices are offered in connection with providing farm management.
- Management Decision Making
- Tenant Screening and Recommendations
- Supervision and monitoring of vendor provided management and land improvement practices
- Management of soil and water conservation practices
- Marketing Assistance
- Crop and Input Decisions
- Hunting and crop lease negotiations
- Land acquisition assistance
- Assistance with government income support and land owner assistance programs
- Handle bill payment and collect income
- Annual reporting with detailed income and expense breakdown
- Introductory farm consultation and inspection
- Goals Development and Planning
- On site farm visits
- Scheduled regular client contact and correspondence
Contact our Trust Department to discuss how Farmers State Bank’s Farm Management services can benefit you.
