News, Insights & Interviews Archive

Edited by Dave Price When a 176-acre farm in southwest Illinois recently went on the market, the auction company agents who handled the...

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is among those hoping that some of the increased tariffs that president-elect Donald...

Brooke Rollins worked for Donald Trump once before. She then worked on his behalf. Beginning next year, she may directly work for him...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Where Capital Meets Conservation.” “Global Outlook. Contrarian Perspective.” Those statements serve as guideposts that headline the websites of two entities that J. Kyle Bass founded: Conservation Equity Management (ecosystem-focused investment firm) and Hayman Capital Management (asset management firm). A conversation with Bass elicits insights that seem to blend the firms’ philosophies into the way he approaches some of the world’s most significan

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Dr. Ernie Goss looks, listens, and studies many things. What do numbers show? What do they mean? What do...

Story by Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by Dave Price A stall may be better than a fall, if you own the ground beneath you. It isn’t an...

The Iowa-based company pushing for a multi-state hazardous liquid pipeline works for a permit in one state while it defends itself in a...

One of the regional leaders at a Federal Reserve Bank thinks that another federal funds rate reduction could happen in December, but he...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS What do a media and entertainment icon, an Oklahoma billionaire, a future president, two people who helped lead their country’s monetary policy, and a star football player who almost died after getting hit on the football field have in common? They all agreed with Steve Bruere’s sales pitch. Media and entertainment icon: Martha Stewart Oklahoma billionaire: T. Boone Pickens Future president: Donald J. Trump Monetary policy leaders: Esther George and

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Is debt a four-letter word? OK, yes, it is in a literal sense. But do you consider debt a bad word, a bad thing? Richard Vague thinks that some of us may have a misguided view of debt. In his opinion, it is the type of debt that matters most. “Most folks, when they think about debt, think about government debt. And really, that's the lesser part of the equation,” Vague told American Farmland Owner from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fed

Voters in one key state rejected a plan that could be critical for a Midwest company hoping to connect ethanol plants with an underground...

The slow decline of the cost of borrowing went down one more step. Can another step follow in December? And what happens when Donald...

Farmland owners and investors now must figure out what is bluster, campaign rhetoric, and threats to impress the voters and what will...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Denise Greer Jamerson doesn’t have banker’s hours. Neither does her father, husband, or son. Theirs is a...

Should voters back a former president or the current vice president if their priorities are tied to the future of farmland? Donald Trump,...

Republican elected officials in several states want answers from the USDA after a Midwest plant failed, despite millions in taxpayer...

There is a Texas connection to three significant developments: a Texas billionaire has a taste for Napa Valley and Sonoma wineries. The...