DeWITT, IOWA (February 11, 2025) — Farmers and ranchers in Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott counties will be receiving $5.3 million in cash-back dividends returned by Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) as part of the financial cooperative’s patronage program, paying 1% back as a cash-back dividend. Eligible customer-owners were issued cash-back dividend checks the last week of January.
"At FCSAmerica, our commitment to agriculture runs deep," said Jim Knuth, senior vice president of lending in Iowa.
"By returning cash-back dividends to our customer-owners, we effectively lower their cost of borrowing while also helping farmers and ranchers reinvest in their operations, families, and communities. It’s a tangible way we honor the hard work and resilience of those who drive rural America forward."
2025 Cash-Back Dividends Distribution
This year’s cash-back dividend is equal to 100 basis points — or a return of 1% of a customer’s eligible average daily loan balance with FCSAmerica. The 2025 payout equates to the following county-level distributions:*
- $1 million in Cedar County.
- $1.8 million in Clinton County.
- $765,000 in Jackson County.
- $551,000 in Muscatine County.
- $1.1 million in Scott County.
*Amounts are rounded.
Pay-out data for every county in Iowa is available on the 2025 Iowa Cash-Back Dividends Distribution Map.
The Board of Directors for FCSAmerica has also approved a cash-back dividend to be paid from the cooperative’s 2025 net earnings, the amount of which will be determined in December. Since 2004, FCSAmerica has offered a patronage program and shared its success in the form of cash-back dividends. The cooperative has now returned $1.47 billion to farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses in Iowa.
About Farm Credit Services of America
Farm Credit Services of America is a customer-owned financial cooperative proud to finance the growth of rural America, including the special needs of young and beginning producers. With more than $47.6 billion in assets and nearly $8 billion in members equity, FCSAmerica is one of the region’s leading providers of credit and insurance services to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, and rural residents in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Learn more at fcsamerica.com.
