Farm & Real Estate Management

Sound farm management is an investment that pays for itself. Besides eliminating many worries, most owners experience an increase in profits which easily covers the management fee - while also netting larger cash returns. Above all else, our services are designed to provide the landowners with perhaps the greatest benefit of all: PEACE OF MIND!

Cornerstone Bank’s Farm Management Department, a division of the Trust Department, has been actively managing farms owned by individuals, partnerships, LLCs, foundations, public entities and corporations, as well as trusts, since 1938 - helping landowners get more enjoyment and income from their farm assets.

We manage farms by using long-proven management principles, modern computer technologies and sound marketing strategies. But most importantly, we manage farms by offering a high level of personal attention. We provide landowners with frequent reports, staying in constant contact with the farm operator and making regular personal visits to the farm. We react quickly and personally to situations which require immediate attention.

Other services include:

Farm Sales
Annual Lease Negotiations
Complete record-keeping for tax purposes
Marketing owner’s share of crops
Complete review and payment of production expenses

Good management doesn't cost, IT PAYS!

Put the advantages of sound farm management to work for you. For more information about our Farm Management services, call Cornerstone Bank at (402) 363-7411 or call (800) 642-6608.

Zach Suddarth

Zach Suddarth, AFM

Vice President & Farm Supervisor

Zach was raised on a farm near Rising City, Nebraska. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1986. Zach began his career with Cornerstone Bank in 1988 and is currently Vice President and Farm Management Supervisor. He earned the professional designation of Accredited Farm Manager (AFM), as awarded by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in 1996.

Zach is active in the York Sunrise Sertoma Club and has served on the Alumni Board of Directors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also a 2000 graduate of the Nebraska LEAD Program.

Mindy Wolf

Assistant Vice President & Farm Manager

Mindy has her Associates Degree in Accounting, followed by a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management and Marketing. She is a graduate of the Nebraska LEAD program with LEAD Class 39. Mindy has also held a crop insurance license since 2010. She was raised on a row-crop farming operation near Utica and continues to be involved with a cow calf and trucking operation with her husband and their family.

Heath Lee

Farm Manager

Heath grew up on a farming and custom harvesting operation that his parents still operate south of Hay Springs, NE. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agribusiness from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. He has held a crop insurance license in multiple states since 2019. Heath has been with Cornerstone Bank as a Farm Manager since the summer of 2023.