Peoples Perspective

Chronic Wasting Disease Management – Hunters Flattening the Curve

 June 15, 2020
 Land Management 

Over recent months, we have all been introduced to terms such as “social distancing” and “flattening the curve.” As we maneuver through the Covid-19 pandemic and become more educated about how the virus reacts and spreads, those simple things such as washing your...
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Land Investment Monthly - June 2020

 June 1, 2020
 Land Values 

Photo Credit: Cayce Clifford for The New York Times   Florida Buys 17,000 Acres of Conservation Land in Panhandle Florida has agreed to buy more than 17,000 acres (6,900 hectares) of conservation land in the Panhandle near the Gulf of Mexico. Straddling Franklin and Wakulla counties, the...
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Farmland Sellers and Capital Gains Taxes On Sale

 May 29, 2020
 Land Values 

We have worked with many agricultural landowners who are reluctant to sell long-held farms due to potentially massive capital gains taxes that may be incurred. Because many of these farms have been held by the same family for multiple generations, the seller’s basis in the land can...
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Peoples Company Announces Opening of Mississippi Delta Office, Hiring of Regional Broker Manager

 May 20, 2020
 News & Events 

  Office opens in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Joel King hired as Peoples Company’s regional broker manager; Kim King joins Peoples Company as auctioneer and REALTOR® CLIVE, IOWA – Peoples Company, a leading provider of land brokerage, land management, land investment, and...
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NCREIF Farmland Property Index 1st Quarter Results

 May 14, 2020
 Land Values 

The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) has collected institutional commercial property investment performance on a quarterly basis for over 40 years. The Farmland Index measures the investment performance of a large pool of individual farmland properties...
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The Unbreakable Basin Spirit, Farming Washington State

 May 11, 2020
 Land Values 

Washington State - a melting pot of diversity. Not only with people but within agriculture as well. Divided into two drastically different landscapes by the Cascade Mountain Range. The West side known for lush Evergreen trees, Seattle, and the pacific coast range - contributes to...
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A Case for Land Contracts

 May 7, 2020
 Land Values 

Many of the newspaper, magazine, and online articles that have circulated for the last few months have related to the Coronavirus and how it has affected or is going to affect how business is conducted moving forward.  When looking at the farmland market, however, the double whammy of an...
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Spring Field Conditions Remain Favorable

 May 5, 2020
 Land Management 

  April 7th, 2020 - Peas being planted on a Peoples Company managed farm in Warren Co., IA   After a long, wet, drawn out fall, Midwest operators hit the ground running and have wasted no time preparing for, and planting the 2020 crop. Weather the past two springs has been less...
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2020 Almond Market - COVID-19 Impact Expectations

 April 30, 2020
 News & Events 

    Preliminary estimates for the 2019/20 almond crop of 2.2 million pounds proved to be low, and the actual production figures were recently revised upward to 2.5 million pounds. California has produced record almond crops in each of the past four consecutive seasons, and the...
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Land Investment Monthly - May 2020

 April 29, 2020
 Land Values 

Zaid Kurdieh, an organic farmer from upstate outside his stand at the Union Square Farmers Market.Taidgh Barron/NY Post   Successful Farming: Universal Sustainability Standard launched by Leading Harvest Both farmers and the supply chain have had to manage a complex landscape of...
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