The announcement comes following the 2020 announcement that Peoples Company opened its first office in the Mississippi Delta in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with the addition of Joel and Kim King.

Located 14 miles west of Valentine, Neb., the 4,385-acre Minnechaduza Creek Ranch includes over three-and-a-half miles of creek frontage and irrigated hay meadows.

How much does it cost to rent cropland this year? According to NASS, the average price is $141 per acre. That’s $2 higher than last year, and up $7 from five years ago.

U.S. farm real estate values are seeing a rapid rise in 2021, with the Western Corn Belt seeing values rise at a faster pace than the East, but the storyline could change, according to Jackson Takach of Farmer Mac.

Offered for sale in the fall of 2021, the 80,000-acre ranch owned by the Whittenburg and Coble families for 120 years, boasts a rare combination of history, heritage and natural resources.

“I like to really transform and improve farms which is more long term focused. There’s more to managing a farm than just focusing on the annual income,” Walker says.