News & Events Blogs

Peoples Company Capital Markets hosts a bi-monthly webinar series featuring our very own Dr. Dave Muth discussing the latest trends, values, and opportunities for farmland owners. In this upcoming session, Dr. Dave Muth will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the tax benefits of farmland ownership.

As America faces a massive farmland transition, Peoples Company releases a powerful play, video, and guide to help landowners navigate inheritance and preserve their legacy.

In the latest edition of the Landowner Insights series, Dr. Dave Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets is joined by Brian Klippenstein, Consultant at Missouri Water Center, Ambassador Gregg Doud, President & CEO of National Milk Producers Federation, and Iowa Senator Michael Bousselot.

Leveraging its scale, expertise, and global reach, Peoples Company will consult for large organizations with diverse agriculture holdings to maximize the value of their assets.

Congratulations to Peoples Company agents Matt Adams, Lindsey Brown, Steve Bruere, Adam Crist, Jake Sickels, and Travis Smock for each winning the coveted Land Star Top Producer Award in 2024! Their dedication and hard work haven't gone unnoticed, and this award is a well‑deserved recognition of their exceptional achievements in the land real estate market.

In the March edition of the Landowner Insights series, Dr. Dave Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets is joined by Peoples Company land professionals Hunter Norland, Curtis Buono, and George Baird to discuss current market trends.

Peoples Company, a national leader in land brokerage, agricultural appraisal, land and energy management, crop insurance, and capital markets, received top land auction honors at the REALTORS® Land Institute’s APEX Award ceremony in Tucson, Arizona on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The APEX Awards, held in conjunction with The Land Report, is a top annual awards program designed to recognize excellence and performance of land sale professionals.

Peoples Company, a recognized leader in integrated land management, brokerage, appraisal, and energy solutions with offices across the nation, today announced it has acquired Wayne, Neb.-based Midwest Land Company and Plainfield, Iowa-based Roach Land Management. All clients from both firms have transitioned to Peoples Company, which is actively managing farmland in all major ag regions in the country.

Peoples Company, a recognized leader in integrated land management, brokerage, appraisal, and energy solutions with offices across the nation, announced it has acquired Oswego-based Land Pro LLC. Effective on January 1, 2025, Land Pro LLC, its owner Ray Brownfield, and members of the Land Pro LLC staff became an affiliate of Peoples Company, harnessing the technology, expertise and capital markets resources of Peoples Company, while continuing to operate under the Land Pro LLC name. The acquisition grows Peoples Company’s presence in Illinois, having acquired The Atkins Group’s farmland management business and opening an Urbana, Illinois, office in March 2024.

In the January edition of the Landowner Insights series, Dr. Dave Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets covers key takeaways from the market over the past year, the regional view of farm incomes for 2025 and potential impacts and uncertainty from policy changes.