Peoples Perspective

Green Acres to White Acres

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Cotton, to some, is one of the most beautiful crops during the growing season and before harvest. Typically, cotton is considered a warm weather plant. It does not like having “wet feet” and prefers to grow in sandy or loamy soils. For reference, cotton requires about 50% of the...

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Land Auction Results - May 2022

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That’s a wrap for May 2022 auctions in Iowa.  48 tracts sold, bringing just over 4,000 acres to the market (this is less than half of the 8,600 acres that sold in April.)  These tracts brought an average dollar per acre of $11,837, average dollar per tillable acre of $15,072 and...

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Land Investment Monthly - June 2022

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Photo Credit: David Joles, Start Tribune-File   Farmland Values Setting Records As commodity prices continued their upward trajectory over the last 18 months, land prices have followed suit. In the East Central Iowa area, which includes Clinton and Jackson counties, values rose...

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Weekly Auction Results: 5/22/22–5/28/22

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16 tracts sold in Iowa last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $14,158, average dollar per tillable acre of $16,169 and an average dollar per CSR2 of $192.  This is down 3% from the previous week, while remaining up 10% from 2022 Q1's average of $174. The top sale of the week...

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Blueberry Insurance: An Underused Tool

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By Appraisal Intern Courtney Churchill Out of all crop insurance, Blueberry crops are the most under-insured in the industry.  This seems to be a surprising fact considering in recent years the Blueberry industry has been declining.  Blueberry farms have been subject to issues like...

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Late-Spring Frost Hits Willamette Valley

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Oregon winemakers are assessing the damage after a severe late frost struck the Willamette Valley region. The week of April 10 saw record-low temperatures just as vineyards in Chehalem Mountains and Yamhill-Carlton were starting budbreak. Frost is not uncommon in Oregon, but it typically...

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Weekly Auction Results: 5/15/22–5/21/22

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16 Iowa tracts sold at public auction last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $9,556; average dollar per tillable acre of $12,907 and an average dollar per CSR2 of $197.  This is up 13% from the previous week and Q1 2022's $/CSR2 average.   The top sale of the week...

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Collaboration for a Common Goal: Peoples Company Perspective Included in May 2022 Open Rivers Journal

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Peoples Company Land Manager, Mollie Aronowitz, was recently published in the May edition of Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community. The online journal is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services and the University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced...

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Worldwide Fertilizer Consumption & Production

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If one wanted to strike a nerve with farmers last fall, all it took was to bring up the price of fertilizer. Things have not improved as we move through the second quarter of 2022. Let’s take a closer look at what has pushed the prices higher and the major players in the...

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Weekly Auction Results: 5/8/22–5/14/22

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The appraisal team tracked six auctions in Iowa last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $9,829, average dollar per tillable of $12,488 and average dollar per CSR2 of $173.  This is down 7% from the previous week, and down $1 per CSR2 point from Q1 2022's $/CSR2's average...

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