Farmers National Company, the nation’s leading farm and ranch management company, is pleased to announce that Darwin Thue, Accredited Farm Manager (AFM), of St. Augusta, Minn., was recently recognized for his outstanding efforts in developing new business for the company during 2024. 

Darwin, a farm manager and real estate agent, received the top business development award for the year in a company-wide competition among 100 professional farm and ranch managers in a 29-state area. 

Darwin can be contacted at (763) 360-9432, by email at DThue@FarmersNational.com, or at www.FarmersNational.com/DarwinThue. 

Employee-owned Farmers National Company is the nation’s leading landowner services provider. Farmers National Company manages nearly 5,000 farms and ranches in 30 states comprising more than 2 million acres. Over the last five years, Farmers National Company has sold 5,250 properties (2,050 at auction) and more than $3.25 billion of real estate. Additional services provided by the company include energy management, appraisals, insurance, hunting lease management, forest management, FNC Ag Stock, consultations, and collateral inspections. For more information on our company and the services provided, visit www.FarmersNational.com.