Partners Summer 21

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GreenStone FCS and FCS LifeExpress “20 years of bringing the best to members”• Can convert to Permanent coverage • Term periods from 10 to 40 years • Fixed Premium Guarantees • Optional Return of Premium feature Permanent Life Insurance

• Survivorship Life– Perfect for Farm Transition or Family Equalization • Whole Life– Guaranteed Permanent Death Benefit Can convert with Guaranteed Level Premiums. Disability Coverage

• Short term or Long-term coverage • Optional Return of Premium Feature • Farm/Business Overhead • Expense coverage • Customized coverage for your operation Long Term Care Coverage

Life and disability insurance is a critical risk management component to consider with every farm operation. Evaluating the type of insurance, its uses, and the correct amount can mean the difference between success and foreclosure. No one understands the importance of planning better than a farmer. It’s the attention you give your soil, your crops, and your livestock that produces a successful tomorrow. Careful planning is the key to your family’s future too. Life and Disability insurance will provide a monetary benefit to your family if you are no longer living or able to perform the farm duties. After many years of bringing Minnesota Life’s “Credit Life” to our members, GreenStone recognized the customer desires. FCS wanted to expand their members’ options for Life and Disability coverage to include products available from the entire marketplace. This was to ensure GreenStone members were receiving the very best in pricing, guarantees, and benefits. The old saying “A jack of all trades and a master of none” has never been a trait of GreenStone. With the goal of providing 17

Summer 2021 — Partners

a depth of knowledge and experience through another risk management tool, GreenStone partnered to create FCS LifeExpress. With the amount of knowledge it takes to navigate the life insurance industry, and all the evolving products, GreenStone knew partnering with experts is what members deserve. So twenty years ago, AgriBank, along with the Farm Credit associations and First Resource Group created FCS LifeExpress. FCS LifeExpress is a resource-based service for members to review the insurance marketplace to find the best options for each individual. Best Pricing, Best Guarantees and Best Benefits tailored to each individual on an easy to read chart, gives members the very best options in the marketplace to review in the privacy of their own home. No pressure… Just the facts in an easy to understand format!

Expanded products portfolio to target your exact needs: Term Life Insurance

• Least costly • Can renew to age 95

• Traditional Stand-alone LTC coverage • Life Linked LTC coverage – Pre use your Life insurance death benefit to fund LTC expense and/or Life insurance death benefit to pass to beneficiaries. Besides providing the best priced life insurance to cover debt or to replace income for the family, FCS LifeExpress is ready to work with customers and their trusted team of accountants or attorneys to design funding for the long term operational succession, optimal farm transition, and life risk management. At FCS LifeExpress, our goal is simple: To be the best resource to help members eliminate risk for their families and their farm operation. ■


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pages 44-45

Tax Calendar

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page 43

Sometimes the choice comes out of need, other times from preference. When he took over his family farm, Jeff Alexander chose to partner with GreenStone for his tax planning and financing needs for both reasons. Get his story on As you consider your next “this or that,” I hope we’re able to be a part of the solution that allows you to enjoy the decisions you’re making like so many of our customers have. Happy reading (and hiking) this summer!

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page 42

Tick Prevention

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pages 40-41

Crop Insurance News

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page 38

Guest Column

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page 37

Commodity Cuisine French Baguettes

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pages 35-36

Benefits of Drinking Milk

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page 34

Country Living Blog Brief

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page 33

PAC Progress

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pages 29-32

Legislative Matters

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page 28

Directors' Perspective

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pages 26-27

Candid Comments

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pages 23-25

Calendar of Events

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page 21

Behind the Scenes

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page 22

Summer Interns

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page 20

GreenStone Scholarships

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page 19

Market Outlook

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pages 14-15

Guest Column

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pages 12-13

Member News

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page 16

Pause for Applause

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page 17

Agriculture Blog Brief

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page 9

Our customer stories start with Karen Helsen who made a choice to manage her 40-acre nursery full time, leaving behind her career at the hospital. Read about all the hats she gladly wears each day on Though my own experience was a decade ago, I remember vividly the many “this or that’s” that came with building our home. Page 29 shares the journey for Ryan Hauser who did it himself.

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YBSF Resources

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CEO Comments

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