Peoples Perspective

Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey Explores Aerial Seeding of Cover Crops with Peoples Company

 December 29, 2014
 Land Investment Expo 

Peoples Company in early September set the stage for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey to fuel some boots-on-the-ground dialogue surrounding the use of targeted land conservation practices on Iowa farmland. The field day began with Northey stepping onto the tarmac at Osceola Municipal...
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Information Overload: Adding Value to Your Farm

 December 18, 2014
 Industry Insights 

We live in a society where we can find almost any information we are looking for by simply doing an internet search. You can find anything from college basketball stats in 1978, to the part number of a headlight for a new John Deere R Series tractor.  On the other hand, farm owners or...
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Energy Entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens Shares Outlook on Oil Prices

 December 17, 2014
 Industry Insights 

Oil and energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens shares with Neil Cavutoa of Fox Business News a global outlook on production, inventories and oil prices heading into 2015.
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Land Expo Speaker Dennis Gartman: A Take on Russia, Oil, the Rouble and Vladimir Putin

 December 8, 2014
 Land Investment Expo 

Upcoming Land Investment Expo speaker Dennis Gartman, editor of The Gartman Letter, comments on the uncomfortable position of the Russian economy in light of a “collapsing” rouble. His remarks on CNBC include predictions of political turmoil – given an...
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Land Investment Monthly - November 2014

 November 30, 2014
 Real Estate 

The Land Investment Monthly is a round-up of articles and headlines published by the farm press, business media and financial publications with insights into buying, selling or investing in farmland, recreational ground or development ground. Follow Steve Bruere @SBruere on...
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Real Estate Magnate Donald J. Trump to Headline 2015 Land Investment Expo

 November 30, 2014
 Land Investment Expo 

CLIVE, Iowa – Farm producers and agricultural real estate professionals will hear from one of the best known real estate entrepreneurs on earth, Donald J. Trump, at the 2015 Land Investment Expoon January 23, at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel. Called the archetypal businessman and...
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The New Farm Bill Choices - What Should I Do?

 November 27, 2014
 Industry Insights 

A guest post by Paul Neiffer, CPA, of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, on choices surrounding the new farm bill. I had the privilege of speaking in front of a full house for Peoples Company on Monday November 3, 2014, on the new farm bill. I have given many seminars on the new farm bill this...
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2015 Farmland Rental Rates: What Should I Charge?

 November 13, 2014
 Land Values 

Click here for a new post with information on 2016 farmland rental rates. There has been a lot of chatter in the past few months regarding rental rates for 2015.Corn and bean prices are significantly down from the record-high prices we saw of the past few years. But as a landowner, how do you...
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This Isn't Your Father's Land Market

 November 13, 2014
 Industry Insights 

If you have been reading the popular farm magazines over the past six months, you no doubt have been introduced to the possibility, if not the impending danger, of seeing the Midwest slip into another farm depression. While it is true that the price of corn has slipped $1.35 – average...
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Peoples Companys Luze Earns Highest Pro Status as Land Manager

 November 6, 2014
 News & Events 

The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) has awarded Peoples Company Land Manager Randy Luze with the Accredited Farm Manager (A.F.M.) designation. Denver, Colorado – November 6, 2014 – Randall Luze with Peoples Company has recently been...
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