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This year marks the company’s 90th anniversary, which is based in Omaha, Neb., and operates in nearly 30 states with more than 275 employees.
Staying on Top of Trends through Education is Crucial for Farm Managers and Consultants
Here are just a few of the forces pushing and pulling the U.S. farmland market.
For 2019, Iowa’s average farmland is valued at $7,432 per acre. That’s an increase of $168, or 2.3%, from 2018 farmland values, according to the 2019 Iowa State University Land Value Survey.
Tim Cobb: “With an asset class as specific and specialized as farmland, there is no substitute for “boots on the ground” when it comes to ensuring proper care.”
“Financially encouraged sales are happening, but a good portion of them are quietly off the market as farmers are reaching out directly to investors and then renting the land back,” Randy Dickhut explains.
In this episode of the AgPro podcast, we talk with Allen Hatley, a previous recipient of the Farm Manager of the Year Award.
T. Boone Pickens’ large ranch and residence in the Texas Panhandle remain on the market, and the asking price was slashed by $30 million last month.
About 36 hours after Skip Klinefelter’s tweet was sent, Climate announced it had terminated its partnership with Tillable.
“One farmer granted Tillable access to their Climate FieldView data for the purpose of testing and validating the API flow,” Tillable CEO Corbett Kull says.
The historic Beartooth Ranch, once owned by Mel Gibson, has been offered for sale by its current owner, the founder of Montana Silversmiths.
JoAnn Wall, ARA, was the instructor at a recent seminar for the Colorado Chapter of the ASFMRA entitled Introduction to Cannabis: Operations and Valuation.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is covering the globe and creating market volatility. How will that trickle down to the farmland markets?
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing market volatility across the globe. How will that trickle down to the farmland markets?
The IX Ranch, Big Sandy, MT, spans 126,000 acres in the foothills of the Bear Paw Mountains, and has had only two owners in its 128-year history.
The Crocker Springs Ranch was first offered for sale last year by Bill Haw, former president and CEO of National Farms from 1974 to 2002, a cattle feeding and ranching business owned by the Bass brothers.
Hall of Fame golfer Greg “The Shark” Norman has listed for sale his Seven Lakes Ranch located in Colorado’s White River Valley of the Flat Tops Mountains near Meeker.
You can find both good news and bad news in the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
After five years of declines, the value of an average acre of Nebraska farmland rose 3% versus a year ago.
In the midst of the many uncertainties and tragedies due to the spreading COVID-19, the security offered by land ownership again shines through.
Between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farmland and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use or low-density residential land use.
A good farm manager will immediately want to understand the goals for a piece of farmland today and into the future.
In recent years, publicity surrounding solar farms has gained the attention of property owners and appraisers. As with any large-scale development, the change represented by utility-scale solar can be cause for concern.
This award recognizes an outstanding early career member of the Iowa Chapter for his/her contributions to the Chapter, ASFMRA, and the profession.
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.
The seminars will make their debut during Education Week, an annual event featuring education for farm managers, rural appraisers and agricultural consultants.
“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.
It wasn’t very long ago that profiting from a solar photovoltaic (PV) system seemed far from reach. In the past decade, however, solar PV technology has advanced substantially and also become significantly cheaper.
AcreTrader has acquired AgValuation in its efforts to make buying and selling land common, transparent and easy.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency executed search warrants in parts of southeastern Missouri earlier this month to look for signs of improper use of the herbicide dicamba, the agency said on Tuesday. The searches