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Land Auction Results | June 2025

 July 7, 2025
 Land Values   Land Auctions 

The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 62 tracts or 5,934 acres sold at public auction in Iowa during June 2025. The average dollar per acre was $11,129, the average dollar per tillable acre was $13,003, and the average dollar per CSR2 was $159.

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Iowa Land Values Update | 2025 Quarter 2

 July 7, 2025
 Land Auctions   Land Values 

Peoples Company tracks agricultural auctions across the state of Iowa. From this data, we calculate the average dollar per CSR2 point ($/CSR2) for sales of tracts with greater than 85% tillable land. Additionally, these tracts are largely unimproved or include minimal improvement contribution.

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Maximizing Farmland Value: Solar Lease or Let it Grow?

 June 30, 2025
 Energy Management   Industry Insights 

As solar energy expands across rural America, landowners are increasingly receiving enticing offers to lease their land for solar development.

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Unclaimed Royalties: How to Search for Missing Mineral Revenue

 June 27, 2025
 Energy Management 

If you or your organization owns mineral rights—whether inherited, gifted, or acquired—there’s a chance you could be missing out on revenue that’s rightfully yours. Over time, oil and gas royalties can become “unclaimed” due to address changes, unclear title, estate issues, or simple clerical errors. In many cases, those funds are turned over to state agencies as unclaimed property.

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Why the Whole Farm May Be Worth Less Than the Parts

 June 25, 2025
 Land Values 

In farm and rural real estate appraisal, it is essential to understand that the aggregated value of a property is not always equal to the disaggregated value of its parts.

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Crop Insurance - A Quick Update, And Other Things To Think About

 June 19, 2025
 Crop Insurance   Land Management 

Commodity markets have not been kind to agricultural producers and landowners so far in 2025.

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WEBINAR | The Power of Energy Management: Unleashing Potential (June 2025)

 June 16, 2025
 Energy Management 

Peoples Company Energy Management hosted a webinar on Thursday, June 26, 2025, with special guest speakers Ethan McMillan, Attorney at Law, Kevin Boone, Co-Founder of Dixie Lake Royalty, and Charlus Bishop, Founder of Mid-Continent Energy Exchange. This session focuses on the Do's and Don'ts of Buying and Selling Mineral Rights.

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Peoples Company Completes 2025 Leading Harvest Sustainability Audit

 June 12, 2025
 Land Management 

Peoples Company enrolls all managed acres in the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard, a comprehensive and adaptable framework applicable to all crop types and regions across the United States.

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An Eye on the Land: Land Invaders and Soil Movers

 June 10, 2025
 Land Management 

Land is always changing - sometimes quickly, sometimes gradually. Rapid changes come in the form of mudslides, large flooding events, or even wildfires that strip the land. Slower changes, on the other hand, start subtly with small events that often go unnoticed. Over time, these small shifts can lead to major transformations.

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Drill, Baby, Drill — Not So Fast

 June 5, 2025
 Energy Management 

Despite strong political support for domestic production, rig counts are falling, not rising.

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