Agriculture: Less than $500 million Rank Bank name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 Security State Bank Campbell County Bank, Inc. FreedomBank Prairie Sun Bank Oakwood Bank Bank of Eastern Oregon Bank of the Valley The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas Great Rivers Bank Little Horn State Bank Janesville State Bank Jones Bank First Farmers State Bank The First National Bank of Primghar First State Bank Bank of Burlington First State Bank City Sutherland Herreid Elkader Milan Whitehall Heppner Bellwood Oakley Barry Hardin Janesville Seward Minier Primghar Buxton Burlington Webster City 18 Winnsboro State Bank & Trust Company Winnsboro First State Bank of DeQueen Adrian State Bank 20 De Queen Adrian State IA SD IA MN WI OR NE KS IL MT MN NE IL IA ND CO IA LA AR MN Agriculture: $500 million to $999 million Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Bank name Unity Bank BTC Bank Iowa State Bank Elkhorn Valley Bank & Trust GNB Bank Horicon Bank American State Bank Peoples Bank Peoples Bank and Trust Company Bank of Bridger, National Association Pilgrim Bank Independence Bank Anstaff Bank The First State Bank Premier Bank Security Bank & Trust Company Pioneer Bank Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association Citizens Alliance Bank Bank Forward City Augusta Bethany Orange City Norfolk Grundy Center Horicon Sioux Center Rock Valley McPherson Bridger Pittsburg Havre Green Forest Louise Rock Valley Glencoe Mapleton Hebron Clara City Fargo 36 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q July 2020 State WI MO IA NE IA WI IA IA KS MT TX MT AR TX IA MN MN ND MN ND Commercial Lender Score 98.2 96.5 96.4 96.4 95.3 95.2 94.5 94.1 94.0 93.5 93.3 93.2 92.7 92.4 92.3 92.3 92.0 91.8 91.7 91.7 " We maintain a level of flexibility of any position; we're not rigid in titles and duties. We believe a lot in people power. We're not trying to fit the round employee into a square job. " -Tony Gudajtes, Choice Bank Commercial Lender Score 93.7 92.9 91.7 88.9 88.5 88.0 87.2 87.0 86.6 85.6 84.5 84.5 84.1 84.0 83.8 83.6 82.3 82.0 81.6 81.4 with a decision-maker and that what they're telling the banker is making an impact in the final decision. " The trust leadership has in the location presidents is based on those individuals' experience. Since the community bank favors promoting from within over recruiting new talent, those who percolate to top local positions know Choice Bank's procedures, values and culture Choice Bank Fargo, N.D. Category: Agriculture ($1 billion or more) Asset size: $2.4 billion Consumer lender score: 78.6 Rank in category: 14