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Ethan Branscum: 721 Exchanges Could Keep Farms in the Family

Listen and subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts The farmland may be paid off and generating income. But looming capital gains taxes can make a straight sale financially painful. Or maybe an heir isn’t so sure that owning a farm is really what he wants to do in the years ahead. That is where a 721 exchange could be an option. “We're one of the few firms that have ever done it or tried it in the farmland space,” said Ethan Branscum, Director of Investments at Sower Farmland, w

Dave Price

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Kristi Noem Out as Key Deportation Leader of Trump Administration

Regardless of whether you believe that she was fired or transferred to another position, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is leaving her job, a change announced by President Donald Trump on social media Thursday. Although, President Trump announced the change after Noem’s performance this week at two congressional hearings where she faced questions about a $220 million ad campaign (funded by taxpayers) that prominently featured her (that she claimed President

Dave Price

14 minutes ago3 min read

Pushing Back at Data Centers While America Seeks More Power

In the years ahead, America will need far more power generated than we currently produce. Our ever-increasing hunger for technology – and the power that it takes to operate that technology – demand it. Wind, solar, natural gas, coal and nuclear could be all among the options to produce some of that additional capacity. Data centers could be an integral part of the nation’s economy for the infrastructure to provide the storage, processing, internet, and distribution system to

Dave Price

31 minutes ago3 min read

Trying to Make Sense of Changing Tariff Policies

You may think better trade deals are the answer, or you may believe that American presidents abandoned the concept of much higher tariffs decades ago because of the harm they can cause our country’s families. Either way, you know that the past year has been volatile and unpredictable. American agricultural producers now wait, most likely with little optimism, that the court system could deliver them refunds on the higher prices they paid because of President Donald Trump’s hi

Dave Price

34 minutes ago4 min read

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Kristi Noem Out as Key Deportation Leader of Trump Administration

Regardless of whether you believe that she was fired or transferred to another position, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is leaving her job, a change announced by President Donald Trump on social media Thursday. Although, President Trump announced the change after Noem’s performance this week at two congressional hearings where she faced questions about a $220 million ad campaign (funded by taxpayers) that prominently featured her (that she claimed President

POLICY, POLITICS, & GOVERNMENT

Dave Price

14 minutes ago3 min read

Pushing Back at Data Centers While America Seeks More Power

In the years ahead, America will need far more power generated than we currently produce. Our ever-increasing hunger for technology – and the power that it takes to operate that technology – demand it. Wind, solar, natural gas, coal and nuclear could be all among the options to produce some of that additional capacity. Data centers could be an integral part of the nation’s economy for the infrastructure to provide the storage, processing, internet, and distribution system to

CULTURE & EVENTS

Dave Price

31 minutes ago3 min read

Trying to Make Sense of Changing Tariff Policies

You may think better trade deals are the answer, or you may believe that American presidents abandoned the concept of much higher tariffs decades ago because of the harm they can cause our country’s families. Either way, you know that the past year has been volatile and unpredictable. American agricultural producers now wait, most likely with little optimism, that the court system could deliver them refunds on the higher prices they paid because of President Donald Trump’s hi

POLICY, POLITICS, & GOVERNMENT

Dave Price

34 minutes ago4 min read

Ethan Branscum: 721 Exchanges Could Keep Farms in the Family

Listen and subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts The farmland may be paid off and generating income. But looming capital gains taxes can make a straight sale financially painful. Or maybe an heir isn’t so sure that owning a farm is really what he wants to do in the years ahead. That is where a 721 exchange could be an option. “We're one of the few firms that have ever done it or tried it in the farmland space,” said Ethan Branscum, Director of Investments at Sower Farmland, w

FARMLAND FINANCE & INVESTMENT (FIN)

Dave Price

1 hour ago3 min read

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Notable Midwest Sales Reach $28,000 per Acre - February 27, 2026

159.92+/- acres in Taney County, Missouri 16 tracts – Sold Absolute February 11, 2026 A diverse multi-tract development offering totaling 159.92± acres sold at live and online auction on February 11, 2026. The property was divided into 16 individual tracts strategically located in high-traffic areas of Branson, less than one mile from the Highway 76 strip. The tracts ranged from small commercial and residential lots under one acre to larger development parcels exceeding 40 ac

FARMLAND FINANCE & INVESTMENT (FIN)

American Farmland Owner

7 days ago2 min read

Contiguous Illinois Farm Brings Strong Sales Price

Photo Courtesy of Farmers National A 430-acre farm, located about 15 miles northeast of Springfield, Illinois, sold in a private transaction on January 29th for $7,224,672. While the $16,800 per-acre figure was considered strong for the area, the agent who handled the sale says the defining factor behind the competitive price was not just yield history or infrastructure — it was contiguity. “All 430 acres are in one contiguous tract,” said Max Hendrickson of Farmers National

FARMLAND FINANCE & INVESTMENT (FIN)

Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf

7 days ago3 min read

Failed Promises on E15 Expansion

Missed deadline led to another missed deadline, which is only fueling frustration from agricultural industry groups and farmers who keep waiting for the Trump administration and Congress to approve year-round sales of E15 fuel nationwide. Previously, both the Trump and the Biden administration have approved temporary E15 sales through the summer, bypassing decades-long restrictions that claimed smog concerns from the use of higher ethanol fuel over the summer months. But the

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

Dave Price

7 days ago2 min read

The Future of Glyphosate, Bayer Offers $7.25 Billion Settlement

President Donald Trump is trying to protect glyphosate, one of the most widely used and effective herbicides. Meanwhile, Bayer is trying to protect its business interests by offering billions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit that claims that Roundup is making people seriously ill. President Trump’s executive order invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure continued U.S. production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, arguing that both are es

POLICY, POLITICS, & GOVERNMENT

Dave Price

7 days ago2 min read

Guiding The Farmer Who Turned Down $15 Million for a Data Center

When an 86-year-old farmer along the Route 81 corridor in central Pennsylvania was offered roughly $60,000 an acre for his land, the math was staggering. At 261 acres, the total approached $15 million.

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Dave Price

7 days ago4 min read

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U.S. Trade Deficit Grows, Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

Imports are up, exports are down, and American farmers, consumers, and companies are picking up the greatest share of the financial burden from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. Can future trade deals and a stabilizing of the global market change those trends later in 2026? The U.S. trade deficit grew sharply in December, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The year finished roughly where it was compared to the previous year, despite the president’s frequently

Dave Price

Feb 203 min read

Feds: Here’s How a $200 Million Cattle Scam Happened

At a time when cattle ranchers are deciding whether to replenish herds and wondering how additional beef imports from Argentina will impact the market, they are reading headlines about what investigators say has been massive fraud by a company based in Fort Worth, Texas, that collected more than $220 million. The new development is the latest in a series since 2023 that alleged improprieties by Agridime LLC. This Fort Worth Star-Telegram article has more on the background

CULTURE & EVENTS

Dave Price

Feb 203 min read

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Chicago Fed Report: Midwest Farmland Values Rising

Agricultural land values in the Midwest increased in 2025, reversing a modest decline the previous year, according to the latest from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s AgLetter. The quarterly publication, written by economists with the Chicago Fed, analyzes agricultural land values and credit conditions across the bank’s Seventh District, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The findings are based on responses from agricultural bankers who co

FARMLAND FINANCE & INVESTMENT (FIN)

Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf

Feb 202 min read

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Ethan Branscum: 721 Exchanges Could Keep Farms in the Family

Listen and subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts The farmland may be paid off and generating income. But looming capital gains taxes can make a straight sale financially painful. Or maybe an heir isn’t so sure that owning a farm is really what he wants to do in the years ahead. That is where a 721 exchange could be an option. “We're one of the few firms that have ever done it or tried it in the farmland space,” said Ethan Branscum, Director of Investments at Sower Farmland, w

1 hour ago3 min read

Guiding The Farmer Who Turned Down $15 Million for a Data Center

When an 86-year-old farmer along the Route 81 corridor in central Pennsylvania was offered roughly $60,000 an acre for his land, the math was staggering. At 261 acres, the total approached $15 million.

7 days ago4 min read

Longtime Midwest Land Broker Dennis Reyman: Farmers Still Most of Land Buyers

Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts Farms are getting bigger, and there are fewer farms each year. Those changes have taken place over a number of years. But Dennis Reyman, Partner at Stalcup Agricultural Services in Storm Lake, Iowa, said one factor remains constant in a constantly changing agricultural industry: farmers are still doing most of the farm buying. “…as far as land ownership, the trends are kind of the same as they usually are,” Reyman told American Farmland Ow

Feb 204 min read

Waylon Brown: Rural America’s Hope and Struggles with Renewable Energy

For rural landowners, renewable energy remains one of the most talked-about — and misunderstood — developments shaping the countryside. Waylon Brown, Regional Policy Manager for Clean Grid, sees both the promise and the growing pains facing wind, solar, and battery storage across the Midwest.

Feb 134 min read

Wyoming State Representative Jacob Wasserburger: Sell State Land for Rural Homeowners

No growth provides no future. Negative growth brings even more problems. But too much growth could bring issues, too. That is how Wyoming State Representative Jacob Wassenburger, R - Cheyenne, sees it.

Feb 63 min read

UK Farmland Adviser Ed Blundy: New Technology Could Power Hope for Farmers

Technology has consistently influenced farming, from the steel plow to GPS tractors. But as global pressures around food security, energy, and water intensify, the next wave of innovation may not just improve yields; it could redefine where and how food is grown.

Jan 303 min read

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