Dusty Schober
Family: Wife, Jessica; and daughters, Sadie, 7; Emmie, 4; and Finlee, 1
Hometown: Mountain Grove, Mo.
In Town: Although his official title at Town and Country Bank in Mountain Grove, Mo., is vice-president, Dusty Schober describes himself as a lender.
“In a community bank, which is what we are considered, a small bank, we operate differently than the bigger automated banks. We still take care of people in a personal way.
“What that means is we do it all here, including approving people’s loans. My job isn’t just being a banker, but just about anything you can think of, including changing the light bulbs I can reach,” he added with a laugh. “Otherwise, I have to get somebody with a big ladder.”
After graduating from Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo., Dusty worked first for a mortgage company and then came home to banking in Mountain Grove.
In the Country: Along with his brothers, Jim and Chris, Dusty operates a part of a cattle farm that once was approximately 1,600 acres, belonging to his grandparents, Haskell and Nancy Prock, in the 1970s. The decade before that it belonged to his uncle, Sterling Prock.
Each brother had added to the family farm with purchases that border the original piece.
“We raise beef cattle, different breeds, mostly Angus, but I’ve used Gelbvieh bulls in the past as well as Balancer bulls. The bull I have right now is a Simm-Angus. Chris also likes Hereford bulls. Basically, we do commercial cattle, about 400 head with cows, bulls and calves. We market them in several ways, including visiting with area sale barns in various surrounding communities for the best pricing. I do my hay on shares with my brothers. Chris and Jim are full-time farmers, cattle and crops. They have the equipment and sometimes we use my corral or theirs. We all live close together, which makes it really great for working together. I like to do everything and I help when I can. Time is limited though and I’m not always a reliable source of help to them.
“The greatest thing is that I’ve always considered Mountain Grove my home and it is good to be here at home, working with family and friends,” he said.
