Summer 2027

Credit Agricultural Lending Intern

Compeer Financial

Compeer Financial

501-1,000 employees

Member-owned lender providing agricultural financing.

Compensation Overview

$19 - $20/hr

No H1B Sponsorship

Mankato, MN, USA + 1 more

More locations: Baldwin, WI, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role with up to 50% work from home; the internship is based in either Mankato or Baldwin.

Bachelor's

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Financial analysis

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Requirements
  • Must be working toward completing a bachelor's degree in agricultural business, agricultural economics, or business administration, with at least two years completed.
  • Solid organizational, interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, analytical, verbal and written communication, and influencing skills are required.
  • Proven client service skills and effective team skills are essential.
  • Demonstrate effective team skills.
  • Understanding of and ability to use various business and financial computer applications is required.
  • Solid understanding of credit processing and servicing activities, accounting principles and practices, and credit analysis procedures.
Responsibilities
  • Learn the credit delivery process, including financial analysis, underwriting loan requests, loan servicing, and other credit services for clients.
  • Learn a significant amount of information during the internship and take initiative to apply it.
  • Work independently with general supervision of day-to-day operations, taking initiative and completing assigned responsibilities.
  • Work closely with the Credit team leader and other team members to exchange, clarify, and verify information.
  • Contact clients to provide an additional level of client service as needed and present a professional image.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of farm production methods and products and a general understanding of farm business management and finance.

Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative that provides financial services for agriculture and rural communities in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It offers loans, leases, risk management, and other financing solutions tailored to farming operations and rural needs. The company operates through a cooperative model where member-owners use and guide the services, focusing on practical financing for equipment, operations, and risk mitigation rather than a traditional for-profit bank approach. What sets Compeer apart is its member-owned structure within the Farm Credit system, its regional focus on three Midwestern states, and its emphasis on empowering employees with flexible work environments and professional development. The goal is to support agriculture and rural America by delivering dependable financial products while enabling team members to thrive personally and professionally.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Founded

1916

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Compeer raised $300 million preferred stock in November 2025, strengthening capital.
  • S&P kept Compeer BBB+/Stable in May 2026, signaling balance-sheet resilience.
  • Automation now saves underwriters 800 hours monthly, expanding throughput without proportional headcount growth.

What critics are saying

  • Sunterra claims still threaten Compeer’s underwriting discipline and collections through 2026.
  • The July 6, 2026 CAL receiver victory shows aggressive recovery dependence on courts.
  • A 2026 Midwest farm-credit downturn would squeeze collateral values and force lending contraction.

What makes Compeer Financial unique

  • Compeer’s Farm Credit cooperative structure returned $152 million patronage in 2026.
  • PepsiCo and EDF backed Compeer’s June 11, 2026 RegenLend strip-till leasing pilot.
  • Compeer’s April 2026 FICO rollout automated $10 billion of agricultural lending applications.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Wellness Program

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Professional Development Budget

Company News

Piper Sandler
Nov 25th, 2025
Compeer Financial $300M Preferred Stock Sale

Compeer Financial has completed a $300 million sale of perpetual preferred stock, with Piper Sandler acting as the sole initial purchaser.

AgFunder
Aug 4th, 2023
Should Ag Lenders And Crop Insurers Offer ‘Good Soil Discounts’ To Farmers? Land Core Develops ‘Actuarially Sound Model’ To Make It Possible

Insurers offer discounts for avoiding smoking and good driving because these practices are proven to mitigate risk and save them money. So should insurers and agricultural lenders offer farmers that look after their soil a ‘good soil discount’?. While it’s generally understood that cover cropping, reduced tillage, and crop rotations benefit soil, these practices are by no means ubiquitous, not least because there are high upfront costs, the benefits don’t come overnight, and there are no immediate financial incentives, says soil health nonprofit Land Core. Insurers and lenders, meanwhile, do not currently offer discounts for farmers engaging in such practices because their specific impacts at the field level, especially on crop yields, have not been quantified, it says. Until now