Each year on June 23, National Family Owned and Operated Businesses Day recognizes the family businesses that help keep local communities strong, create jobs, and build relationships that last for generations.
Did you know that family‑owned businesses generate 64% of U.S. GDP and create 78% of all new jobs?
Stroud National Agency, Inc. is a family‑owned farm and ranch insurance MGA and wholesale broker, and we are proud to be part of that broader story of family‑owned American businesses.
Stroud: a family-owned farm and ranch insurance partner
For 65 years, our family has been committed to helping protect the legacies and livelihoods behind American agriculture. From our roots as a top private crop insurance carrier to today’s focus on farm and ranch insurance markets for agents, our story has always been about serving rural America.
Today, we serve independent agents across 18 states in the midwestern, southwestern, and western U.S. Under President & CEO Steve B. Stroud, we continue riding for the brand with our agent and market partners. Our goal? Helping our agents protect the interests of rural farmers, ranchers, and small business owners as if they were our own.
What family-owned farm and ranch insurance means at Stroud
Being family-owned shapes how the “Stroud Crowd” does business every day. It influences the way we show up for agents who need assistance with specialized ag risks. You can also see it in the way we answer the phone, lean into the details, and take responsibility for getting things right.
We know “family‑owned and operated” doesn’t stop with Stroud. It includes a number of the retail agencies we support and a good many of the farming, ranching, and agribusiness operations we help our agents serve.
Those operations need insurance partners that respect rural values and understand what it takes to stay in the saddle. They also need assistance with complex risks and time-sensitive issues that come up day-to-day. At Stroud, we help our agents answer those needs with specialized ag markets, 130+ years of experience, and dogged follow-through. For us, it’s all about helping agencies better serve the rural communities they call home.
Gratitude and next steps
Today and every day, we’re grateful for the agents, employees, and market partners who have ridden for the brand with us over the last six decades.
To our agents, thank you for trusting us with your rural accounts, day in and day out. To Stroud Crowd members past and present, and our market partners, thank you for your tireless support. What we enjoy today as a family‑owned and operated small business would not be possible without you.
If you’re an agent in need of new ag markets, Stroud would be happy to help.
– Take a look at our FAQs
– Submit a farm and ranch quote request
– Send us a message or give us a call at 800‑654‑4056
Note: This post was originally published on June 23, 2023, and last updated on June 22, 2026.
