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

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Photo by Daniel Acker/Getty Images   Farming has always been considered a high-risk business. It is essential for a farming business to navigate a multitude of decisions with a high level of business acumen to be profitable year-over-year. However, most of the risk associated with farming...

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Organic Farming in the Mississippi Delta Region

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Background The Mississippi Delta Region is one of the largest contiguous agriculture areas in the United States with an area of more than 4 million acres. With deep, fertile soil and ample water supply, it is considered very agronomically productive. The Mississippi Delta has many advantages...

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Peoples Company Report: Land Values Across the Nation

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DOWNLOAD REPORT WATCH WEBINAR Peoples Company unveiled the inaugural 2020 National Land Values report featuring data-driven research on current farmland values across the nation, trends that may impact future values, and practical stories from around the country. This exclusive...

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Iowa Land Values Update

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At the beginning of Quarter 3, most of the Midwest opened its economy following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. This allowed auctions to be held in person with the implementation of social distancing policies. Some auctions continued to be held solely online. After historically low...

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Land Investment Monthly - October 2020

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Photo credit: Dan Charles/NPR   Farming Rises, Sports Tumbles in U.S. Industry Ratings For the first time in Gallup's 20 years of tracking Americans' views of various business and industry sectors, farming and agriculture is the clear leader. The former top-ranking industries...

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Peoples Company Land Managers' Strategic Approach to Organic Production

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Organic agriculture is nothing new on U.S. soils, but shifting consumer trends and suppressed conventional commodity markets have farmers and landowners exploring additional ways to increase profit and diversify farm revenue streams. Peoples Company land managers have followed the trend in...

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Making A Difference In The Field

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As a trusted appraiser, I have an ethical obligation to be unbiased and impartial, but that does not stop me from having empathy and being a good listener when meeting with a property owner. As I consider the reality of current everyday life, I find myself thinking about how different the...

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Land Prices: Trending Up

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Interest rates have been a highly correlated determinant of farmland values from the inception of farmland financing, and especially since the early 1900s when the Federal Land Bank and subsequent institutions increased the sophistication of the business of extending credit to those looking to...

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Iowa Farmland Values

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Iowa CSR2 Weighted Means by County:   Peoples Company is focused on being resourceful and influential in the global land business. One example is by providing information to assess long-term economic viability and investment opportunities. We will be highlighting Iowa's...

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Organic Certification Continues to Grow Rental Income and Land Values

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For the past several years, the debate has continued about whether organic certification increases rental income and results in added land value. There has been sufficient market support for increases in both rental and sale value for smaller tracts of cropland, primarily located adjacent to...

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