Peoples Perspective

Weekly Auction Results: 2/20/22–2/26/22

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Auction activity picked up this week, and Iowa saw 32 tracts or 3,087 acres sell at public auction (this is up from the previous week's 17 tracts / 1,954 acres).  These tracts brought an average dollar per acre of $11,706, average dollar per tillable acre of $14,527 and...

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Mollie Aronowitz, AFM Presented Early Career Award by Iowa Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers

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ANKENY, Iowa (AgPR) Feb. 17, 2022 — The Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers has presented its 2022 Early Career Award to Mollie Aronowitz, AFM. Aronowitz was presented the award at the February annual meeting of the Iowa Chapter of...

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2022 Crystal Ball Outlook

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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Iowa has led the nation in corn production for the last 27 consecutive years and 42 of the last 43 years. In the 2021 calendar year, we witnessed spikes in market statistics for agricultural cropland in Iowa, such as $/CSR2 point, as...

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Weekly Auction Results: 2/13/22–2/19/22

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12 tracts sold at public auction last week, with a total of 1,270 acres bringing an average dollar per acre of $12,500.  Eight of these tracts met our criteria for calculating dollar per tillable acre and dollar per CSR2.  The average dollar per tillable was $14,466 bringing the average...

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Maximizing Value: Breaking Properties into Bite-Sized Pieces

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** This property is not for sale and is only used as an example Have you ever wondered why real estate professionals split whole properties into multiple tracts? We believe at the simplest level, it is all about maximizing the value of the farm by increasing the size of the buyer pool. To do...

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Weekly Auction Results: 2/6/22–2/12/22

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18 tracts sold at public auction last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $12,098, average dollar per tillable acre of $13,379 and an average dollar per CSR2 of $171, which is $1.00 per point higher than the 2021 Q4 dollar per CSR2 average.  The high sale of the week went to a...

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Cattle and Pastures Power Nebraska

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The state of Nebraska is quite diversified when it comes to agriculture commodities.  Cattle production makes up the largest sector, with farms and ranches across the state utilizing 92% of the states total land area (44.9 million acres).  From the first ranch in Nebraska to the...

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One Acre at a Time

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By McKenzie Davison, Marketing Intern Ruth McCabe of State Center, Iowa, has been chosen as a recipient of the Peoples Company sponsored scholarship, 2022 Nuffield International. She represents United States agronomy and, more specifically, Iowa. As a conservation agronomist, Ruth dedicates...

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Iowa Agricultural Market Analysis

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By Lucas Riesenberg, Agricultural Appraisal Intern Iowa Demographics According to the United States Census Bureau, the population of Iowa is approximately 3,193,079 or 54.5 people per square mile as of July 2021. The median household income was $60,523 or $32,176 per capita in 2019. The...

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Webinar: Big Questions in Land Management - February 2022

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Please join Peoples Company and industry-leading experts on Tuesday, February 22nd from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST for Peoples Company’s webinar, “Big Questions in Land Management.”  This complimentary webinar will cover succession planning, crop marketing/futures, annual...

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