Peoples Perspective

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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Iowa Farmland Values 2022: Carroll County, Crawford County, Shelby County, and Audubon County

 July 13, 2022
 Land Values 

Continuing with the 2022 Iowa Farmland Values blog series, we will use the 2021 Farmland Value Survey to highlight average farmland characteristics and production costs in and across Carroll, Crawford, Shelby, and Audubon Counties. If you are interested in acquiring similar information, contact...
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Local Agricultural Consultant Earns Highest Professional Status

 July 13, 2022
 Land Management 

GLENDALE, CO July 11, 2022 – Eric Geiger, AFM, AAC, Peoples Company, Omaha, NE, has been awarded the Accredited Agricultural Consultant (AAC) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers® (ASFMRA®). Geiger earned the AAC designation by meeting...
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FREE WEBINAR: Big Questions in Land Management - August 2022

 July 12, 2022
 Land Management 

Please join Peoples Company for the latest edition of our “Big Questions in Land Management” webinar series on August 23rd from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stephen Nicholson with Rabobank will discuss the global economy, the Russian war, and factors that relate to the US agricultural grain...
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Weekly Auction Results: 7/3/22–7/9/22

 July 12, 2022
 Land Values 

Iowa had seven tracts sell at auction last week: Average $/Acre: $11,246 Average $/Tillable: $12,484 Average $/CSR2: $159 % Change from Prior Week: -14% % Change from Q2 2022: -15% The top $/Acre and top $/CSR2 sale went to a 154 acre cropland farm carrying a CSR2 rating of 83.7 in Plymouth...
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