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COVID-19 Losses Forecast at $10 Billion for Ethanol Industry

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The one-two punch of slashed production rates combined with a pandemic-related drop in demand could send US ethanol sales plummeting by a third for 2020, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. With 40 percent of every row of corn and…

Tagged with: ag, agriculture, corn, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethanol, farm, Farmers, Farming, Renewavle Fuels Association, sorghum
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, News Desk

Corn Farmers Brace for Drop in Demand

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The coronavirus pandemic is resulting in lower demand for gasoline and negatively impacting demand for corn used for ethanol. According to Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, gasoline consumption could dip 15 to 20 percent in the coming months,…

Tagged with: corn, coronavirus, demand, ethanol, Farmers, gasoline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk

Stefan Soloviev: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 33 Stefan Soloviev 325,077 acres (up 1,377 acres) This entrepreneur has moved back to his native New York City in order to work more closely with father, 90-year old real estate developer Sheldon Solow. (The CEO of CROSSROADS AGRICULTURE…

Downward Trend in Corn Belt Land Values Comes to a Halt

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District remained steady in the first quarter of 2017, a welcome development that ended a two-year slide in land values in the Midwest. As the chart below demonstrates, this newfound stability applied to…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, Corn Belt, land values, seventh federal reserve district, soybeans
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, Ohio

Farmland Values Feel the Heat in the Midwest

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Several surprising storylines emerge from the Seventh Federal Reserve District, home of bumper crops and bellwether land values. — The Editors NATIONAL — TREND In addition to a downturn in corn and soybean prices – corn fell 12 percent and…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, drought, farmland, renewable fuels
Posted in Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Wisconsin

Land Report August 2013 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Land Report Editors

One of the focal points of our August Newsletter is the continued interest in land as a productive asset, especially given the solid returns investors have been realizing. So many drivers are powering this upswing: lackluster yields in the bond…

Trend Watch: Income-Producing Properties

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Check out this informative video from ranch brokers Ken Mirr and Jeff Hubbard of Mirr Ranch Group. Ranch brokers Ken Mirr and Jeff Hubbard discuss the increase in demand they are seeing for income-producing properties for sale. These ranch experts…

Record 17% Jump in Farmland Values

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Federal Reserve’s Seventh District climbed a record 17 percent during the second quarter of 2011, according to the Chicago Fed’s Farmland Values and Agricultural Credit Conditions Report. This economic shot in the arm marks the largest…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, corn prices, David Oppedahl, farmland, Indiana, Iowa, soybeans, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Midwest, News Desk

Farmland: Eye on Iowa

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Land Report Editors

When Warren Buffett talks up farmland, it’s time we all took a look. Buffett made the following statement last month while being interviewed by Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box.

Tagged with: CNBC, corn, ethanol, farm prices, farmland values, Iowa land, S&P 500, Squawk Box, Warren Buffett
Posted in 2011 Spring, Feature, Magazine, News Desk

Top Ethanol Producer Files For Bankruptcy

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

One of the leading stories of 2008 has been skyrocketing commodity prices and the corresponding surge in land values throughout the Midwest, Great Plains, Southwest, and other mineral-rich areas of the country. Although the bubble has by no means burst, there…