First National Bank of Omaha

And then I have, you know, got a job at Ameritrade.

And then I went to Union Pacific, IBM, First National Bank of Omaha.

And then I also went to Werner and Automox, which is a startup.

And now I'm at Core Bank.

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Coming up on the show today, we're going to talk ag economy in segment two with Barry Benson from FNBO.

After the bottom of the hour, how is AI working? or as the president dubbed it earlier this week, superintelligence, but we'll stick with AI for now.

How is that impacting ag lending? We're going to have that conversation with Jennifer Rose from West Monroe, and then we'll take a look at the latest ag news headlines at the end of the show.

Had a lot of news in the livestock sector in the last month plus.

Let's unpack some of this and talk ag economy.

Joining us now, Senior Vice President, Agribusiness Banking with FNBO, Barry Benson.

Barry, welcome back to the show, my friend.

So I'm at a B- for everything all around.

Maybe it's because I'm still triggered by special teams of wayward punts at Michigan State, trying to get somebody from the FNBO kick contest to maybe see if they could kick the second half.

You know, the kicks not being able to kick a field goal at Indiana a couple of years ago.

And they, of course, the onside kick it in Dublin.

Then we tackle Social Security's long-term funding challenges and potential solutions, including changes to taxes, eligibility ages, and retirement income planning.

David, the website Banking Dive had the headline FNBO, that's of course First National Bank of Omaha, FNBO to acquire Colorado Bank in $204 million deal.

What's the strategy here? What's going on?

Well, just so you know, this is one of many acquisitions that First National Bank of Omaha has been on a tear here in the last couple of years.