Jill Buske
Family: Husband, Brian; sons, Robert, Anthony and Frank Buske, and Hunter Beshears; one daughter, Kennedy Beshears.
Hometown: Goodman, Mo.
In Town: Jill Buske, McDonald County, Mo. born and bred, serves as the vice president for First Community Bank at the Goodman, Mo., branch. She has been with First Community Bank for the last 15 years after working for US Bank in Joplin, Mo. Her position at the Goodman branch actually began across Main Street with the historical Goodman State Bank, which was established in 1911. After First Community acquired Goodman State Bank, Jill began her personal quest to preserve not only the bank’s history but that of Goodman, which was known for its 2,500 acres of orchards.
Her husband, Brian, is the senior vice president of operations for Mid-Tec, south of Anderson, which is a general contractor building various types of food processing structures, retro-fits and turn-key facilities for some of the largest companies in the industry.
On the Farm: “We like to say we are ‘lunchtime farmers’ because we use our lunch time to check on our cattle,” Jill said with a grin.
The couple live near Southwest City, Mo., on a small farm where they have a variety of animals at any given time, such as bottle calves, chickens and pigs.
They own 146 acres and lease another 100 acres, but probably the most important acreage to Jill is the family property near Powell, Mo., that she was able to bring back into the family nine years ago. They use this acreage primarily for hay production while their cattle are near Jane and Southwest City. The Powell farm first came into the family more than 80 years ago, however, while researching her family history she discovered that her ancestors moved to the region around 1846.
“I am probably the only banker that gets cow manure on their high heels,” she said with a laugh.
She hopes someday to write a book about the natural remedies she has developed over the years to treat their animals, especially calf scours. Following in the family tradition, her son Hunter plans to keep farming going into the next generation once he graduates from McDonald County High School.
