The overall 2 percent rise represents the first year-over-year increase in ag land values in the past six years with Indiana and Wisconsin leading the way at 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Illinois grew 2 percent with Iowa at…
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Midwest Farmland Values Up In the Third Quarter
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Wisconsin
Land Investment Expo Set for January 12
Online or in person, get ready to attend the 2021 Land Expo in downtown Des Moines. BY CARY ESTES Iowa has long been fertile ground for both farm policy and national politics. This has been especially true since 1972, when…
The Land Report Fall 2020
Who wouldn’t want to check our annual Investing Issue with Stella on the cover? Go behind the scenes on some of the most successful landowners nationwide. What’s in it for you? A trove of cutting-edge insights as well as personal…
Tagged with: Bob Fanch, Dave Muth, Devil's Thumb Ranch, Home Track Farm, Leoncetti Cellar, Peoples Company, Ray Williams, Shawn Todd, Steve Bruere, Suzanne Fanch, Sweetwater Lake, Tabernash, The Conservation Fund, The Weedeaters, Todd Interests, Tom Williams, Williams Hudson Bay Farm
Posted in Back Issues, Colorado, Iowa, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, South, Virginia, West
Posted in Back Issues, Colorado, Iowa, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, South, Virginia, West
Trillion-Dollar Bet On American Farmland
An aging demographic heralds a seismic shift in agricultural asset ownership. — Dan Charles For a glimpse of what could happen to a trillion dollars’ worth of American farmland, meet Ray Williams. He’s a lawyer-turned farmer, growing organic grain and…
Tagged with: absentee ownership, agricultural assets, Alternative Equity Advisors, Bob Moore, Bob's Red Mill, capital-intensive farming, farmland, institutional capital, Peoples Company, Steve Bruere, Williams Hudson Bay Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Iowa, Midwest, Oregon, Pacific, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Iowa, Midwest, Oregon, Pacific, Water
2020 Land Investment Expo
It wasn’t too long ago that people turned their attention to Iowa in the dead of winter roughly once every four years. But today, each and every January, you’ll see pundits, presidential hopefuls, economists, entrepreneurs and reality TV stars in…
Tagged with: Boone Pickens, Chuck Grassley, Donald Trump, Joni Ernst, Land Expo, Land Investment Expo, Martha Stewart, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
SOLD! 209 Acres of Iowa Farmland Goes For $18,000 Per Acre at Auction
$18,300 PER ACRE! On October 11, Iowa Auction Group successfully marketed 209 acres of Sioux County farmland at auction, including a 66-acre parcel with 61.87 cropland acres for $18,300 per acre and a 143-acre parcel for $13,500 per acre. According…
Ranchers File Antitrust Suit Against Beef Packers
R-CALF USA joined with four cattle-feeding ranchers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming to file a class-action lawsuit against the largest US beef packers. The Big Four packers — Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson — are accused of conspiring…
Tagged with: Big Four, lawsuit, R-CALF USA
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Iowa, Kansas, Midwest, Nebraska, News Desk, Pacific, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Iowa, Kansas, Midwest, Nebraska, News Desk, Pacific, West, Wyoming
Farm Losses Top $2 Billion
The recent flooding that devastated farms in the Midwest continues to deliver economic blows, reports the Des Moines Register. Farmers are struggling not only with damaged crops and a massive cleanup but are also trying to reach fields and livestock…
Farmland Values Remain Robust
Surveys in Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa show strong, steady farmland values according to Successful Farming. An overall trend that supports the surveys’ findings is that when land comes available in today’s market, farmers have proven to be aggressive bidders.…
Increasing Percentage of Family-Owned Farms Are Not Family-Farmed
According to the Department of Agriculture, 99 percent of all farms in the US are family-owned, not corporate farms. Yet because of demographic trends and costly barriers to entry, only 60 percent of farmland nationwide is actually farmed by those…
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