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News, Insights & Interviews Archive


Baltimore Bridge Collapse Impact
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that carried 11 million vehicles across the Port of Baltimore may delay manufacturing orders...
Dave Price
Mar 29, 20242 min read


Protein-Packed Potatoes
Protein, protein, protein. American consumers want it. American producers try to provide more of it. Potatoes may offer a possibility....
Dave Price
Mar 29, 20242 min read


Bird Flu Hits Dairy Cattle
For what could be the first time, the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – also known as the “bird flu” – has hit dairy cattle, according...
Dave Price
Mar 29, 20242 min read


More Beans, Less Corn & Wheat
Producers across the United States plan to cut their acres devoted to corn by 5% compared to last year, according to the USDA Prospective...
Dave Price
Mar 29, 20241 min read


Defending His Roots
This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Paul Pittman helps lead a company that he founded a decade ago that now...
Dave Price
Mar 29, 20244 min read


Notable Sales, March 22, 2024
Grundy County, Iowa Three tracts of highly tillable cropland located two miles north of Beaman, Iowa was sold at public auction on March...
American Farmland Owner
Mar 23, 20243 min read


Budweiser on the Farm
Starting in May, the brewer known for commercials with the world-famous Clydesdales will debut a new look: a seal on its label....
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Warmer and Warmer
Fertilizer prices, consumer demand, interest rates, trade policies, regulations, and rising labor costs are all things that farmland...
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Peach Fuzz, Not Freeze
This time it appears that Georgia producers avoided the cruel up and down temptations of Mother Nature. Last year, an unusually warm...
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Losing Value
It had to happen sometime. And a new statewide survey by the Realtors Land Institute shows that Iowa farmland has declined in value over...
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Not Buying, Not Selling
Caring for land is increasingly more important than turning a profit; fewer people are looking to buy farmland this year but that doesn’t...
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20243 min read


Demanding Less
This episode is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. He could blame interest rates that haven’t fallen yet…or input costs that...
Dave Price
Mar 22, 20243 min read


Made in the U.S.A.
This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Joe Maxwell spent a quarter century in elected office as a state...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20244 min read


Hobby Vineyard for Sale in Napa Valley
A two-year-old home that boasts 6,027 square feet with a home theater, spa, hot tub, swimming pool, five bedrooms, outdoor kitchen, and...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20241 min read


2024 Could be a Flat Year in Kansas
Farmland values in Kansas may be as flat as the topography. The Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends 2023 survey predicts that 2024...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20242 min read


Don't Use So Much Water
New rules in California aim to reduce water use but not as much as previously planned. However, some communities will still need to cut...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20243 min read


Billionaires Selling Property
Billionaire brothers who found fortune with their hydraulic fracking company, backed Donald Trump’s primary Republican challenger in...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20241 min read


Pork Plant Closing
An Iowa town will join communities in Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Indiana, California, Minnesota, Michigan, and...
Dave Price
Mar 15, 20241 min read


Notable Sales, March 8
Sioux County, Iowa: Located seven miles southwest of Sheldon, Iowa, 80 acres were sold at public auction on February 23. The tract was...
American Farmland Owner
Mar 9, 20242 min read


Battling Back
THE RECOVERY: Hail, heavy rain, tornadoes, winds, drought, and blistering heat. They can unleash a fury that can destroy a life’s work of...
Dave Price
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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