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Community Banks with the Largest Farm Loan Portfolios

March 25, 2019, 11:31 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

On Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Community Banks with the Largest Farm Loan Portfolios

Farm loans

 Total loans
Rank Company City State Type of charter Dec. 31 Year earlier Change and leases
1 Iowa State Bank Hull Iowa Commercial Bank $229,156 $205,762 11.37 $469,061
2 First Bank of Berne Berne Ind. Commercial Bank 220,111 201,140 9.43 552,883
3 Availa Bank Carroll Iowa Commercial Bank 196,445 96,853 102.83 655,142
4 Independence Bank Havre Mont. Commercial Bank 193,173 178,681 8.11 626,585
5 Peoples State Bank Prairie Du Chien Wis. Commercial Bank 183,205 157,037 16.66 560,518
6 Farmers National Bank Prophetstown Ill. Commercial Bank 175,727 158,891 10.60 376,219
7 Madison County Bank Madison Neb. Commercial Bank 170,705 161,056 5.99 315,482
8 United Bank & Trust Marysville Kan. Commercial Bank 167,187 159,792 4.63 455,544
9 Bennington State Bank Salina Kan. Commercial Bank 161,504 147,685 9.36 489,906
10 Crockett National Bank San Antonio Tex. Commercial Bank 157,350 171,286 -8.14 560,989
11 Midwest Bank National Association Pierce Neb. Commercial Bank 154,480 147,560 4.69 560,393
12 Premier Bank Rock Valley Iowa Commercial Bank 150,715 141,066 6.84 469,986
13 Bank Midwest Spirit Lake Iowa Commercial Bank 150,513 143,192 5.11 749,621
14 Plains Commerce Bank Hoven S.D. Commercial Bank 150,223 142,870 5.15 518,469
15 Merchants National Bank Hillsboro Ohio Commercial Bank 149,903 133,414 12.36 623,488
16 Bank, The Oberlin Kan. Commercial Bank 149,875 156,371 -4.15 250,818
17 Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association Hebron N.D. Commercial Bank 147,771 131,037 12.77 509,808
18 Pilot Grove Savings Bank Pilot Grove Iowa Commercial Bank 142,925 133,076 7.40 513,488
19 CNB Bank & Trust, N.A. Carlinville Ill. Commercial Bank 142,306 133,337 6.73 756,322
20 First State Bank Nebraska Lincoln Neb. Commercial Bank 141,574 129,671 9.18 434,598
21 Nodaway Valley Bank Maryville Mo. Commercial Bank 135,827 143,263 -5.19 569,969
22 Diamond Bank Glenwood Ark. Commercial Bank 134,825 117,973 14.28 431,943
23 Pinnacle Bank Elberton Ga. Commercial Bank 132,717 124,244 6.82 685,072
24 Frontier Bank Omaha Neb. Commercial Bank 131,594 129,960 1.26 690,195
25 Green Belt Bank & Trust Iowa Falls Iowa Commercial Bank 131,004 105,336 24.37 386,043
26 Rolling Hills Bank & Trust Atlantic Iowa Commercial Bank 127,209 116,658 9.04 248,265
27 Old Missouri Bank Springfield Mo. Commercial Bank 126,638 105,202 20.38 413,515
28 Fidelity Bank & Trust Dubuque Iowa Commercial Bank 126,617 117,489 7.77 618,890
29 BTC Bank Bethany Mo. Commercial Bank 124,550 108,810 14.47 383,435
30 Suncrest Bank Visalia Calif. Commercial Bank 124,326 74,503 66.87 650,147
31 Heartland Bank Geneva Neb. Commercial Bank 122,699 107,345 14.30 332,344
32 BankNorth Arthur N.D. Commercial Bank 122,559 83,971 45.95 364,482
33 Bank of Bird-in-Hand Bird in Hand Pa. Commercial Bank 121,948 84,902 43.63 313,762
34 Security First Bank Lincoln Neb. Commercial Bank 121,344 104,483 16.14 765,494
35 Anstaff Bank Green Forest Ark. Commercial Bank 118,864 102,975 15.43 487,519
36 Central Bank Illinois Geneseo Ill. Commercial Bank 117,573 115,320 1.95 514,547
37 Bank of Tescott Tescott Kan. Commercial Bank 113,592 111,758 1.64 303,192
38 Farmers State Bank Pittsfield Ill. Commercial Bank 112,406 111,883 0.47 191,096
39 Iowa State Bank Clarksville Iowa Commercial Bank 112,079 103,033 8.78 269,744
40 American Bank & Trust Huron S.D. Commercial Bank 111,778 88,587 26.18 681,815
41 Bank Forward Hannaford N.D. Commercial Bank 111,736 115,955 -3.64 515,746
42 Bruning State Bank Bruning Neb. Commercial Bank 109,801 114,366 -3.99 253,501
43 Focus Bank Charleston Mo. Commercial Bank 109,728 125,994 -12.91 626,751
44 Citizens State Bank Wisner Neb. Commercial Bank 108,809 105,176 3.45 280,677
45 CCB Community Bank Andalusia Ala. Commercial Bank 107,702 101,596 6.01 410,766
46 United Prairie Bank Mountain Lake Minn. Commercial Bank 107,633 96,696 11.31 474,436
47 Farmers State Bank Lagrange Ind. Commercial Bank 105,231 95,248 10.48 556,500
48 Pilgrim Bank Pittsburg Tex. Commercial Bank 104,701 102,372 2.28 327,844
49 Bank of Western Oklahoma Elk City Okla. Commercial Bank 102,153 88,595 15.30 237,660
50 CUSB Bank Cresco Iowa Commercial Bank 101,856 95,401 6.77 341,493
51 Germantown Trust & Savings Bank Breese Ill. Commercial Bank 99,534 96,279 3.38 209,494
52 Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner Ore. Commercial Bank 97,743 100,626 -2.87 328,195
53 Adams Bank & Trust Ogallala Neb. Commercial Bank 96,994 98,951 -1.98 705,003
54 Forward Bank Marshfield Wis. Savings Bank 96,074 93,484 2.77 358,844
55 BankFirst Norfolk Neb. Commercial Bank 95,656 54,657 75.01 516,092
56 Guaranty State Bank and Trust Company Beloit Kan. Commercial Bank 95,148 101,321 -6.09 222,765
57 CorTrust Bank National Association Mitchell S.D. Commercial Bank 93,483 85,649 9.15 700,306
58 Peoples State Bank of Newton, Illinois Newton Ill. Commercial Bank 93,055 89,835 3.58 313,883
59 Great Plains State Bank Petersburg Neb. Commercial Bank 91,963 70,649 30.17 176,131
60 Peoples Bank Rock Valley Iowa Commercial Bank 90,383 82,662 9.34 495,646
61 Citizens National Bank of Bluffton Bluffton Ohio Commercial Bank 89,982 94,879 -5.16 699,842
62 HOMEBANK Palmyra Mo. Commercial Bank 89,564 74,809 19.72 322,948
63 St. Henry Bank Saint Henry Ohio Commercial Bank 88,490 86,293 2.55 211,327
64 First Security Bank & Trust Company Charles City Iowa Commercial Bank 88,296 75,058 17.64 291,177
65 HNB National Bank Hannibal Mo. Commercial Bank 87,949 96,426 -8.79 379,362
66 Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri Unionville Mo. Commercial Bank 87,798 80,869 8.57 227,151
67 Security Financial Bank Durand Wis. Commercial Bank 86,955 71,391 21.80 350,355
68 Farmers & Merchants Union Bank Columbus Wis. Commercial Bank 86,852 78,663 10.41 347,986
69 Thomasville National Bank Thomasville Ga. Commercial Bank 86,328 83,012 3.99 731,991
70 Exchange Bank Gibbon Neb. Commercial Bank 86,070 87,854 -2.03 659,703
71 GNBank, National Association Girard Kan. Commercial Bank 85,960 77,637 10.72 465,638
72 Citizens State Bank Moundridge Kan. Commercial Bank 84,426 79,602 6.06 236,884
73 Stone Bank Mountain View Ark. Commercial Bank 84,295 78,133 7.89 279,954
74 Legacy National Bank Springdale Ark. Commercial Bank 84,253 76,738 9.79 423,057
75 Freedom Bank of Southern Missouri Cassville Mo. Commercial Bank 83,679 81,564 2.59 235,073
76 Putnam County State Bank Unionville Mo. Commercial Bank 83,652 77,053 8.56 179,947
77 Mid-Missouri Bank Springfield Mo. Commercial Bank 83,520 73,754 13.24 507,938
78 AbbyBank Abbotsford Wis. Commercial Bank 82,863 73,897 12.13 399,358
79 BankIowa of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Iowa Commercial Bank 82,237 74,874 9.83 535,243
80 First National Bank of Las Animas Las Animas Colo. Commercial Bank 81,650 72,898 12.01 242,796
81 First State Bank of Blakely Blakely Ga. Commercial Bank 81,624 77,074 5.90 352,430
82 Northstar Bank Bad Axe Mich. Commercial Bank 81,542 92,994 -12.31 496,061
83 Citizens Bank Minnesota New Ulm Minn. Commercial Bank 81,273 79,942 1.66 283,722
84 Sandhills State Bank Bassett Neb. Commercial Bank 81,205 74,017 9.71 199,958
85 Prairie State Bank & Trust Springfield Ill. Commercial Bank 80,919 72,683 11.33 526,846
86 Citizens State Bank Monticello Iowa Commercial Bank 80,693 82,489 -2.18 238,399
87 First State Bank Webster City Iowa Commercial Bank 80,417 84,359 -4.67 360,079
88 Regional Missouri Bank Marceline Mo. Commercial Bank 80,347 64,572 24.43 202,443
89 First National Bank of Monterey Monterey Ind. Commercial Bank 80,242 73,276 9.51 205,188
90 Points West Community Bank Sidney Neb. Commercial Bank 80,104 60,515 32.37 223,011
91 Lone Star State Bank of West Texas Lubbock Tex. Commercial Bank 79,782 75,569 5.58 700,448
92 First National Bank in Olney Olney Ill. Commercial Bank 79,521 79,386 0.17 225,210
93 Central National Bank Junction City Kan. Commercial Bank 79,362 70,802 12.09 500,831
94 Decorah Bank & Trust Company Decorah Iowa Commercial Bank 79,129 66,640 18.74 359,274
95 First Fidelity Bank Burke S.D. Commercial Bank 79,014 68,122 15.99 219,080
96 Labette Bank Altamont Kan. Commercial Bank 78,670 73,169 7.52 283,132
97 Denmark State Bank Denmark Wis. Commercial Bank 78,556 76,907 2.14 408,647
98 Mission Bank Bakersfield Calif. Commercial Bank 77,893 77,454 0.57 549,430
99 Horicon Bank Horicon Wis. Commercial Bank 77,473 73,722 5.09 641,153
100 Security Savings Bank Canton S.D. Commercial Bank 77,429 77,471 -0.05 191,201
101 First State Bank Gothenburg Neb. Commercial Bank 77,280 77,269 0.01 358,143
102 First Community Bank of the Heartland, Inc. Clinton Ky. Commercial Bank 76,851 68,868 11.59 155,393
103 Primebank Le Mars Iowa Commercial Bank 75,986 67,467 12.63 386,418
104 Central Bank Storm Lake Iowa Commercial Bank 75,180 69,375 8.37 751,595
105 GNB Bank Grundy Center Iowa Commercial Bank 74,868 73,176 2.31 426,855
106 Armstrong Bank Muskogee Okla. Commercial Bank 74,843 69,866 7.12 725,945
107 Havana National Bank Havana Ill. Commercial Bank 74,447 71,637 3.92 175,304
108 Pioneer Bank Mapleton Minn. Commercial Bank 74,049 58,886 25.75 390,527
109 FNB Bank Fontanelle Iowa Commercial Bank 74,032 71,647 3.33 168,105
110 Richwood Banking Company Richwood Ohio Commercial Bank 73,752 62,824 17.39 478,441
111 First National Bank of Syracuse Syracuse Kan. Commercial Bank 73,374 74,795 -1.90 273,213
112 First State Bank of DeQueen De Queen Ark. Commercial Bank 73,346 68,397 7.24 180,239
113 Peoples Bank of Kentucky, Inc. Flemingsburg Ky. Commercial Bank 72,725 59,394 22.45 258,759
114 Libertyville Savings Bank Fairfield Iowa Commercial Bank 72,483 73,879 -1.89 216,409
115 Citizens Bank Batesville Ark. Commercial Bank 72,437 65,296 10.94 662,686
116 Legence Bank Eldorado Ill. Commercial Bank 71,895 65,914 9.07 313,980
117 Citizens Bank of Lafayette Lafayette Tenn. Commercial Bank 71,795 69,492 3.31 613,537
118 Sabine State Bank and Trust Company Many La. Commercial Bank 71,780 76,539 -6.22 722,830
119 Community West Bank, National Association Goleta Calif. Commercial Bank 71,322 66,924 6.57 759,744
120 Citizens Alliance Bank Clara City Minn. Commercial Bank 71,312 51,634 38.11 548,390
121 Heritage State Bank Lawrenceville Ill. Commercial Bank 71,018 77,389 -8.23 83,086
122 Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Belzoni Miss. Commercial Bank 71,012 61,808 14.89 625,497
123 Great Plains National Bank Hollis Okla. Commercial Bank 70,709 74,726 -5.38 640,013
124 First State Bank Norton Kan. Commercial Bank 70,652 60,920 15.98 254,219
125 Dakota Western Bank Bowman N.D. Commercial Bank 70,151 61,785 13.54 193,586
126 Heritage Bank, National Association Spicer Minn. Commercial Bank 70,117 69,175 1.36 343,845
127 Greenville National Bank Greenville Ohio Commercial Bank 70,066 69,734 0.48 346,993
128 MNB Bank McCook Neb. Commercial Bank 69,998 66,895 4.64 237,479
129 Alva State Bank & Trust Company Alva Okla. Commercial Bank 69,593 46,421 49.92 329,144
130 CBI Bank & Trust Muscatine Iowa Commercial Bank 69,224 60,671 14.10 378,016
131 Stride Bank, National Association Enid Okla. Commercial Bank 68,698 68,516 0.27 546,342
132 Maries County Bank Vienna Mo. Commercial Bank 68,641 64,316 6.72 275,315
133 First State Bank of the Florida Keys Key West Fla. Commercial Bank 68,591 24,844 176.09 644,786
134 Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank Lansing Iowa Commercial Bank 68,510 74,152 -7.61 200,074
135 Farmers Trust and Savings Bank Buffalo Center Iowa Commercial Bank 68,301 64,477 5.93 221,089
136 Valley Republic Bank Bakersfield Calif. Commercial Bank 67,952 67,753 0.29 521,628
137 USNY Bank Geneva N.Y. Commercial Bank 67,744 58,707 15.39 365,944
138 Citizens State Bank Marysville Kan. Commercial Bank 67,546 67,362 0.27 280,421
139 Star Bank Maple Lake Minn. Commercial Bank 67,491 55,912 20.71 239,046
140 Wauchula State Bank Wauchula Fla. Commercial Bank 67,475 73,216 -7.84 456,003
141 United State Bank Lewistown Mo. Commercial Bank 67,222 64,297 4.55 133,888
142 Community First Bank Boscobel Wis. Commercial Bank 67,142 62,485 7.45 300,154
143 Platte Valley Bank of Missouri Platte City Mo. Commercial Bank 67,000 62,789 6.71 415,323
144 Success Bank Bloomfield Iowa Commercial Bank 66,790 61,581 8.46 162,556
145 Community Savings Bank Edgewood Iowa Commercial Bank 66,748 68,628 -2.74 307,982
146 Bank of the Valley Bellwood Neb. Commercial Bank 66,066 68,626 -3.73 196,468
147 OakStar Bank Springfield Mo. Commercial Bank 65,870 42,491 55.02 773,746
148 Midwest Bank Monmouth Ill. Commercial Bank 65,853 63,876 3.10 306,666
149 Farmers & Merchants Bank Lakeland Ga. Commercial Bank 65,697 65,649 0.07 373,323
150 North Salem State Bank North Salem Ind. Commercial Bank 64,535 62,001 4.09 281,632
151 Iowa State Bank Algona Iowa Commercial Bank 64,471 55,134 16.94 221,271
152 Summit State Bank Santa Rosa Calif. Commercial Bank 64,222 58,599 9.60 510,578
153 First Northeast Bank of Nebraska Lyons Neb. Commercial Bank 63,829 54,013 18.17 198,686
154 Relyance Bank, National Association Pine Bluff Ark. Commercial Bank 63,038 69,432 -9.21 653,835
155 State Bank New Hampton Iowa Commercial Bank 62,890 57,348 9.66 240,351
156 Frontier Bank Lamar Colo. Commercial Bank 62,665 60,825 3.03 156,935
157 First National Bank Fort Pierre S.D. Commercial Bank 62,197 48,153 29.17 799,584
158 Macon-Atlanta State Bank Macon Mo. Commercial Bank 62,190 60,787 2.31 157,738
159 Western State Bank Garden City Kan. Commercial Bank 62,100 65,693 -5.47 305,753
160 Citizens Union Bank of Shelbyville Shelbyville Ky. Commercial Bank 61,950 56,466 9.71 623,007
161 Town & Country Bank Salem Mo. Commercial Bank 61,877 57,769 7.11 378,030
162 Citizens Bank Columbia Miss. Commercial Bank 61,777 60,576 1.98 323,973
163 Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank Manchester Iowa Commercial Bank 61,525 60,897 1.03 539,256
164 American State Bank & Trust Company Wichita Kan. Commercial Bank 60,895 55,434 9.85 432,903
165 Merchants State Bank Freeman S.D. Commercial Bank 60,577 54,732 10.68 134,796
166 Farmers State Bank Marion Iowa Commercial Bank 60,506 56,931 6.28 609,222
167 Wheatland Bank Spokane Wash. Commercial Bank 60,473 50,803 19.03 328,813
168 Wood & Huston Bank Marshall Mo. Commercial Bank 60,429 64,659 -6.54 533,096
169 First National Bank Vandalia Ill. Commercial Bank 60,253 53,212 13.23 199,008
170 First National Bank Waverly Iowa Commercial Bank 59,816 49,305 21.32 316,392
171 Exchange Bank of Missouri Fayette Mo. Commercial Bank 59,793 52,152 14.65 167,447
172 Peoples Bank & Trust Pana Ill. Commercial Bank 59,657 63,101 -5.46 317,719
173 Royal Bank Elroy Wis. Commercial Bank 59,577 58,630 1.62 310,926
174 Bank of Bridger, National Association Bridger Mont. Commercial Bank 59,331 57,849 2.56 255,325
175 Cornerstone Bank Eureka Springs Ark. Commercial Bank 59,195 49,529 19.52 219,240
176 Shelby Savings Bank, SSB Center Tex. Savings Bank 59,073 68,377 -13.61 220,479
177 Astra Bank Scandia Kan. Commercial Bank 59,032 56,341 4.78 198,219
178 Nebraska State Bank and Trust Company Broken Bow Neb. Commercial Bank 58,988 50,256 17.38 205,434
179 Welch State Bank of Welch, Oklahoma Welch Okla. Commercial Bank 58,891 59,158 -0.45 193,980
180 Tri-County Bank Brown City Mich. Commercial Bank 58,877 50,526 16.53 223,270
181 Security State Bank Pearsall Tex. Commercial Bank 58,686 43,755 34.12 335,571
182 United Farmers State Bank Adams Minn. Commercial Bank 58,560 57,528 1.79 135,805
183 Arbor Bank Nebraska City Neb. Commercial Bank 58,556 49,995 17.12 282,607
184 Edmonton State Bank Edmonton Ky. Commercial Bank 58,553 57,178 2.40 403,943
185 Kingston National Bank Kingston Ohio Commercial Bank 58,242 46,432 25.44 250,531
186 Security State Bank Scott City Kan. Commercial Bank 58,222 51,849 12.29 213,657
187 Washington State Bank Washington Iowa Commercial Bank 58,067 51,378 13.02 219,721
188 Mifflinburg Bank & Trust Company Mifflinburg Pa. Commercial Bank 58,001 55,487 4.53 304,529
189 Bank of Advance Advance Mo. Commercial Bank 57,785 50,206 15.10 260,408
190 Jackson County Bank Black River Falls Wis. Commercial Bank 57,765 75,178 -23.16 131,550
191 Fairfield National Bank Fairfield Ill. Commercial Bank 57,653 48,497 18.88 352,187
192 F&M Bank West Point Neb. Commercial Bank 57,604 56,460 2.03 229,957
193 Bank of Fayette County Piperton Tenn. Commercial Bank 57,530 49,182 16.97 534,499
194 Pennian Bank Mifflintown Pa. Commercial Bank 57,478 53,640 7.16 345,278
195 Elderton State Bank Elderton Pa. Commercial Bank 57,425 56,544 1.56 235,155
196 Shelby County State Bank Shelbyville Ill. Commercial Bank 57,141 52,740 8.34 201,723
197 FirstState Bank Lineville Ala. Commercial Bank 57,107 51,374 11.16 129,320
198 City State Bank Norwalk Iowa Commercial Bank 56,910 55,794 2.00 296,776
199 Peoples State Bank Manhattan Kan. Commercial Bank 56,873 56,047 1.47 184,633
200 Security Bank Laurel Neb. Commercial Bank 56,850 59,099 -3.81 168,590

NOTES: List includes independent banks with less than $1 billion of assets or whose holding companies have less than $1 billion.
Excludes industrial banks and banks at which loans were less than 50% of assets or whose credit card loans exceeded 25% of gross loans.
Figures for prior periods are not adjusted for mergers and acquisitions. Data includes institutions operating as of Mar. 22, 2019.
© 2018 American Banker
Source: SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va. (

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