Peoples Perspective

Three Approaches to 2019 Cash Rent

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  Many landowners and operators have put off settling on farm cash rent rates for 2019.  The pre-harvest hope was that we would have a better grasp of 2019 markets with progress on the tariff talks and a new farm bill signed by the end of the 2018 calendar year.  Progress...

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Land Investment Monthly - January 2019

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Annual Survey Finds Farmland Values Down Slightly The value of farmland in Iowa has dropped slightly this year, according to the Iowa State University Land Values Survey. Wendong Zhang, an economics professor at ISU, collects information from realtors, lenders, appraisers and other people who...

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November 2018 Iowa Land Auction Results

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In the month of November, there were 186 tracts marketed for auction across Iowa which is similar to the volume of auctions in 2017. Of those, 176 tracts successfully sold. Overall values increased slightly from October to November but have trended downward from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the...

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Land Investment Monthly - December 2018

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California’s Deadliest Fires Could Have Been Mitigated By Prevention Some of the needed prescribed burns in Southern California’s coastal chaparral and grasslands have been deterred by environmental lawsuits and air quality concerns. The federal government controls 46 percent of...

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Landowner and Farm Operator: Shared Investment for Shared Benefit

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Post-harvest through the end of the year, Peoples Company Land Managers are meeting with farm operators to review production data and discuss plans for the coming year. The goal on every managed farm is to maximize yields on the most productive acres and protect the sensitive acres. A key step in...

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Land Investment Monthly - November 2018

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South African city set to seize land in national ‘test case’ EKURHULENI, South Africa (AP) – As South Africa’s passionate debate over land redistribution grows, one city outside Johannesburg is preparing what the mayor calls a “test case” for the nation...

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Iowa Land Values

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The appraisal team at Peoples Company monitors land sale prices, as well as the number of farms that are publicly for sale in Iowa. Progressing through the fourth quarter of 2018, Peoples Company’s appraisal team has documented a change in the direction of land value trends. From the first...

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Let’s ditch the poor management

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As a landowner, do you know what to look for on your farm when it comes to good stewardship practices?  And more importantly, why you should be asking for those practices?  As Land Managers we see the good, the bad and the ugly. The photo above shows an example of a worst-case scenario...

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Successful Strategies: The True Cost of Storing Grain

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Corn moisture levels need to be 15% for 6 months of storage, 14% until next harvest, and 13% for storage over a year. Soybean moisture levels need to be even lower for safe storage, with 13% moisture for winter storage and 11% for 6 plus months of storage.

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Precipitation continues, Crop conditions deteriorate

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Photo credit: Iowa Soybean Association   This year has been a roller coaster year for many Midwest farmers: weather challenges, high inputs costs, trade discussions that affect commodity prices, and now a slow and soggy harvest to finish. Peoples Company Land Managers have talked with...

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