Supporting and enabling our customer-owners to achieve their goals of greater sustainability
There is no simple, one-size approach to sustainable agriculture. Financing sustainability is no different. The right way is the one that works for you. This begins with a simple premise: To be sustainable, it must be economically viable.
Producers have always understood that good stewardship supports profitability. New today is the exponential growth in sustainable practices and technologies. We don’t prescribe production methods; those are individual choices left to you. We focus on insights for good decision-making, tailored lending to support your improvement needs, and the long-term sustainability of the agriculture industry.
As a producer-owned cooperative, we are committed to helping today’s farmers and ranchers build something better for future generations.
Our Commitment
Featured Sustainability Stories
Partnerships and Events
We engage with other organizations to collaborate on new opportunities in sustainable agriculture for the benefit of our customer-owners.
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) is a multi-stakeholder initiative developed to advance, support and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability of the U.S. beef value chain. The USRSB achieves this through leadership, innovation, multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
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CTIC connects people from across agriculture and the conservation community to encourage greater adoption of farming systems that are economically and environmentally sustainable. They link farms, universities, government and business in projects that explore and champion conservation agriculture.
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Aksarben’s Full Value Ag is an initiative focused on helping farmers, ranchers and feeders grow, profit and obtain a competitive advantage by connecting their stewardship and continuous improvement of production practices to market demand for new agricultural-supply chains.
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Nebraska Soil Health Coalition: To advance producer-centered education, outreach, and adoption of soil health principles to build resilient farms, ranches, and communities across Nebraska.
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Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture tackles the most urgent challenges facing our industry by forging pre-competitive collaboration and translating science into action. They bring together nearly 200 member organizations across the agriculture value chain to create a future in which farmers, businesses and nature thrive.
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The Soy Checkoff, Pork Checkoff, and National Corn Growers Association lead Farmers for Soil Health, which advances the use of soil health practices like cover crops to help improve farmer profitability.
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Sustainability Reports
Our annual sustainability reports highlight producers who are leveraging production practices and technology to continually improve their operations. We also report on our efforts to help build a more resilient agriculture industry, for today and tomorrow.
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