Tim and Ashleigh Knapke run a family farm on two clocks at once: about 800 acres of row crops and hay, and roughly 1,500 head of cattle a year. Their story starts with a loan officer who came out after hours to listen.

Bruce and Twilla Herr started Herr Farms in Warren, Indiana from nothing, grew it into eggs, crops, and hay, and added a farm winery along the way. Now their son Zane is part of the operation.

Jonathan and Amber Patterson grew Crop Performance from a soil sampling operation into a specialty nutrient business in Bluffton. Running on a farm calendar, they needed a bank that understood when the money goes out and when it comes back.

Meyer Building has been putting up post frame buildings out of Craigville since 1968. The Gerber family's story covers the hard years as much as the good ones, and a lender that stayed with them through both.

Luke Brite bought into Mitchel Enterprises, a Bluffton feed ingredient trading and trucking company, while it kept running every day. His story is about what it takes to buy a business without slowing it down.

Ernie and Molly Welch run a small grain farm and a 2,400 head hog barn in Van Wert County. They wanted a bank that understood agriculture, came out to see the barns, and shows up for the community their kids are part of.