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Planning some shopping to spread cheer this holiday season? Consider picking up a one-of-a-kind creation from your local small businesses and give the gift that keeps on giving. Did you know every dollar spent at independent businesses is returned threefold to your local economy? Or that small businesses create two out of three new U.S. […]
November 13, 2018 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer: The undersigned state banking associations representing our nation’s nearly 5,700 community banks respectfully urge you to vote to […]
Thank you for attending our 2018 Farming, Finance & Global Markets conference! Below you will find links to the presentations from our breakout speakers. Bret Afdahl, Director of the South Dakota Division of Banking \”Industry Overview\” Presentation Greg Clausen & Randy Friederich, Eide Bailly \”Observations from the Field: An Ag Lending Update\” Presentation Mike Sonne, […]
McKinzie Hopkins Joins CorTrust Bank Growing Twin Cities Market Sioux Falls, SD, October 31, 2018 – CorTrust Bank is pleased to announce McKinzie Hopkins has joined CorTrust Bank as a Vice President in the Minneapolis, MN market. Ms. Hopkins, the fourth generation Hopkins to work for the family owned community bank, brings a wealth of experience […]
We are excited to have Glenn Muller of the South Dakota Pork Producers will lead one of our breakout sessions at our upcoming fall conference Farming, Finance & Global Markets. Register for Farming, Finance & Global Markets here! Glenn Muller has been the Executive Director of the South Dakota Pork Producers since August, 2010. Glenn and his […]
Nic Uilk, instructor at SDSU\’s agriculture and biosystems engineering department, will be joining our November 8th conference! He will be sitting on our panel New Ag Technologies, Trends & Challenges! Register for Farming, Finance & Global Markets here! Nicholas Uilk has been an instructor with the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department since 2009 and is heavily […]
Reason #10 – Power to Pass Rules. The case against Amendment W is strong and vast. As time counts down, the “W is Wrong” campaign is sending a review of the 10 best reasons that W is Wrong. Here is reason #10: Amendment W creates a 4th branch of government that has unchecked power to pass […]
Reasons W is Wrong Represent SD is not a nonprofit organization in South Dakota – it’s a political campaign committee only Amendment W does nothing to put “the people” of South Dakota in control of anything. In fact, “the people” of South Dakota have had very little to do with Amendment W at all. The […]
We are proud to welcome the following exhibitors to our annual fall conference – Farming, Finance & Global Markets! If you would like to join our list of exhibitors, please contact Megan via email at Megan@icbsd.com. VGM Forbin \”Your needs + our expertise = a web solution built to help your business grow.\” West Gate Bank \”West […]
Jack Davis will be joining our fall conference – Farming, Finance & Global Markets- on November 8th! Jack will be leading our panel discussion titled \”Get up to speed on South Dakota land values\”. You can learn more about the conference and register here. Jack has worked with SDSU Extension for 25 years. He currently […]