Peoples Perspective

Weekly Auction Results: 7/31/22–8/6/22

 August 8, 2022
 Land Values 

Iowa had 20 tracts sell at auction last week: Average $/Acre: $13,087 Average $/Tillable: $14,618 Average $/CSR2: $185 Change from Prior Week: -3% Change from 2022 Q2: -2% Below is a chart tracking the weekly change of $/CSR2 from the first week of January to present. The top sale of the...
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Rural Appraiser Earns Highest Professional Status

 August 5, 2022
 News & Events 

GLENDALE, CO July 22, 2022 – David Mielnicki, ARA, MAI, Peoples Company, Clackston, MI, has been awarded the Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers® (ASFMRA®). Mielnicki earned the ARA designation by meeting...
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Land Auction Results - July 2022

 August 1, 2022
 Land Values 

July 2022 Auction Data: Tracts sold: 82 Acres sold: 9,127 Average $/Acre: $12,479 Average $/Tillable Acre: $14,084 Average $/CSR2: $179 Even through the Fourth of July and county fairs, auctions across the state of Iowa were still active in July 2022. We saw 82 tracts sell at public auction in...
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Weekly Auction Results: 7/24/22–7/30/22

 August 1, 2022
 Land Values 

Iowa had 17 tracts sell at auction last week: Average $/Acre: $11,513 Average $/Tillable: $15,921 Average $/CSR2: $191 Change from Prior Week: +12% Change from 2022 Q2: +2% Below is a chart tracking the weekly change of $/CSR2 from the first week of January to present.  
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Land Investment Monthly - August 2022

 July 29, 2022
 Land Values 

Photo Credit: Todd Fitchette, Western Farm Press   Profits, Buyer Demand Push Farmland Values to All-Time Highs Farmland values in the first half of 2022 benefited from continued profitability in agriculture. Benchmark farmland values increased in each of the four states served by Farm...
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Weekly Auction Results: 7/17/22–7/23/22

 July 25, 2022
 Land Values 

Iowa had 35 tracts sell at auction last week: Average $/Acre: $11,630 Average $/Tillable: $12,656 Average $/CSR2: $171 Change from Prior Week: -9% Change from 2022 Q2: -9% The high dollar per acre sale went to a Dubuque County 114.51 acre cropland farm that sold for $20,200/acre or...
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Opportunity Zones and Farmland Investments

 July 21, 2022
 Land Values 

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Weekly Auction Results: 7/10/22–7/16/22

 July 18, 2022
 Land Values 

Iowa had 21 tracts sell at auction last week: Average $/Acre: $14,581 Average $/Tillable: $15,469 Average $/CSR2: $187 Change from Prior Week: +18% Change from 2022 Q2: 0% The top sale in Iowa of the week went to an O'Brien County cropland farm that sold for $25,250 per acre for both...
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Local Agricultural Consultant Earns Highest Professional Status

 July 15, 2022
 Land Management 

GLENDALE, CO June 6, 2022 – George E. Baird, IV, AFM, AAC, Landmark Ag Capital, LLC, Arlington, TN, has been awarded the Accredited Agricultural Consultant (AAC) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers® (ASFMRA®). Baird earned the AAC...
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Wheat Update

 July 14, 2022
 Land Management 

As wheat harvest is well underway in the southern plains, weather conditions continue to challenge the crop. Much of the South has seen multiple rain cells pound the area in recent weeks just as combines were starting to roll. There has finally been a break in the weather that is allowing more...
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