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November 25, 2020

The Rising Popularity of Recreational Land

As hunting season is underway in many states throughout the Midwest, more attention is drawn to recreational land...
November 23, 2020

NCREIF Farmland Property Index 2020 3rd Quarter Results

The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) has collected institutional commercial...
November 19, 2020

Iowa Farmland Values: Story and Polk County

Continuing with the Iowa Farmland Values blog series, we will now be highlighting average farmland characteristics...
November 2, 2020

Life After CRP - Returning Land to Crops

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), administered by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, is the largest land...
November 2, 2020

Will 2021 Land Rents Decline?

As farmers head into the “home stretch” of 2020, one thing is for certain, despite a topsy-turvy...
November 1, 2020

Land Investment Monthly - November 2020

Photo: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters   Midwest Land Values Poised To Move Higher As fall begins and the bustle of...
October 29, 2020

The Value of Co-Brokering

Before hiring a Real Estate Brokerage firm to help you facilitate your next land transaction, you should consider...
October 21, 2020

Drought and Derecho Drive Crop Insurance Payments; Benefit to Land Values and Cash Rents

Photo by Daniel Acker/Getty Images   Farming has always been considered a high-risk business. It is essential...

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October 20, 2020

Organic Farming in the Mississippi Delta Region

Background The Mississippi Delta Region is one of the largest contiguous agriculture areas in the United States...
October 19, 2020

Peoples Company Report: Land Values Across the Nation

DOWNLOAD REPORT WATCH WEBINAR Peoples Company unveiled the inaugural 2020 National Land Values report...
October 14, 2020

Iowa Land Values Update

At the beginning of Quarter 3, most of the Midwest opened its economy following the COVID-19 pandemic...
September 30, 2020

Land Investment Monthly - October 2020

Photo credit: Dan Charles/NPR   Farming Rises, Sports Tumbles in U.S. Industry Ratings For the first...
September 29, 2020

Peoples Company Land Managers' Strategic Approach to Organic Production

Organic agriculture is nothing new on U.S. soils, but shifting consumer trends and suppressed conventional commodity...
September 28, 2020

Making A Difference In The Field

As a trusted appraiser, I have an ethical obligation to be unbiased and impartial, but that does not stop me...
September 21, 2020

Land Prices: Trending Up

Interest rates have been a highly correlated determinant of farmland values from the inception of farmland...
September 9, 2020

Iowa Farmland Values

Iowa CSR2 Weighted Means by County: Peoples Company is focused on being resourceful and influential in the global...
September 1, 2020

Organic Certification Continues to Grow Rental Income and Land Values

For the past several years, the debate has continued about whether organic certification increases rental income and...
August 31, 2020

The Rising Popularity of Rural Living

Living on a farm in rural Michigan most of my life, I’ve enjoyed sunrises over a muck valley, locally grown...
August 28, 2020

Land Investment Monthly - September 2020

Damaged grain bins at the Heartland Co-Op grain elevator in Luther, Iowa. Credit...Daniel Acker/Getty...
August 25, 2020

Where Does the Almond Market Go from Here?

The challenges facing the almond market in 2020 are well documented: a significant nut price drop, a record-smashing...