American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers

The Spring Creek Ranch, one hour east of Wichita, Kan., the primary seedstock operation for all of Matador Cattle Company operations, is listed by the Koch family for $23.2 million.
An Arizona ranch has sued the federal government claiming damages caused by the construction of the 30-foot-tall border wall between the United States and Mexico.
The AL Ranch, Halsey, NE, supports a 700-head cow-calf operation and has a backgrounding facility for 2,500-head. The ranch consists of 7,052 deeded acres and the balance in National Forest grazing permits.
For 2020, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $139 per acre, which is down $1 from 2019.
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.
Key forces are converging to send farmland values higher — maybe even to historic levels.
Understand how this option fits into a rental agreement.
The start to 2021 is showing an increase in commodity prices. From fertilizer prices to seed prices, farm inputs are also on the rise, which could include the prices farmers may pay for cash rents next year.
The Senior Vice President of Real Estate Operations for Farmers National Company reported during the first six month of its fiscal year, land sales were up 56% over the same time last year.
Good quality drone video and imagery can help your marketing stand out from competitors. “Drones help us highlight the best of a property, and also highlight the things we need to improve,” says Tim Cobb.
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.
The seminars will make their debut during Education Week, an annual event featuring education for farm managers, rural appraisers and agricultural consultants.
Farmland sales continue to raise eyebrows and challenge—or set—records. Just look at these farmland sales results.
High prices cure high prices, but will that be the case with the record-breaking farmland prices seen in 2021 and early 2022?
The 2022 increase in values marks the largest increase state since 2014 and is the highest non-inflation-adjusted statewide land value in the history of the survey.
Farmland remains in a delicate supply-versus-demand balance.
Kansas City Fed finds new highs posted in Central Plains farmland values.
The quarterly survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds strong gains in Texas ranch and cropland.
AcreTrader has acquired AgValuation in its efforts to make buying and selling land common, transparent and easy.
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.
The ‘it looked good from the road’ trend continued into western Iowa on Wednesday. In Illinois, scouts found a good crop, but maybe not the bumper crop they did last year.
The Ohio State Fair in Columbus debuted more than 2,500 lbs. of butter that features 10 life-size sculptures of kids and animals, including the iconic butter cow, a goat and a pig.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s push to accelerate the fight against climate change is sparking a showdown with the nation’s farmers, who say it’s threatening food supplies and their profits.
Land sales continue to set records. Late last month, a farm in Plymouth County, Iowa sold for $25,000 per acre.
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