News, Insights & Interviews Archive

The shopping list still may include a tractor. But not as many buyers are crossing off that tractor from the list. John Deere & Company...

It may not be time to pop the champagne if you were waiting for interest rates to fall, so that you can expand your farmland holdings or...

Iowa-based Peoples Company – an integrated land management, brokerage, appraisal, and energy solutions business -- announced an expansion...

Look out, Pacific Northwest. Florida has a thirst for some competition. And the key could be greenhouses. Perhaps, another option for...

The S&P 500 has been thriving while the Federal Reserve has frozen the federal funds rate. Conversations have subsided about rates...

You can love the land. You can value your investment in land. You can still believe that farmland is a valuable asset. But that doesn’t...

Fayette County, Illinois Six tracts of land totaling 797.98 acres went to auction on April 17. All tracts of land included hunting...

“There are people starving in Africa. Clean your plate?” Perhaps you heard something like that from your parents when you were growing...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the former Republican presidential candidate, signed a bill Wednesday to ban the production and...

If biofuels are related to your crop harvest, facility production, or investment portfolio, then you may not have to sweat out the summer...

Spotify | Apple Podcasts The Great Recession could have been a turning point in the potential of farmland as an asset class. Yes,...

Lyon County, Iowa Two 40-acre tracts located five miles southeast of Inwood, Iowa, were sold at public auction on April 5. Tract 1...

There is pork, chicken, lamb, beef, and other meats. There are plants designed to replace meat. There are foods produced with the...

As farmland owners, producers, and consumers all watch avian flu spread to dairy cattle, they have been assured by health officials that...

You don’t want bats in the house. You may not like them hanging out in the barn. But they can be a big help on the farm even if...

If you were waiting on interest rates to drop before buying that new equipment, expanding your land holdings, or refinancing your...

Beefing up the nation’s herds gets even more challenging with higher interest rates that may not fall until late this year. The American...

Iowa was already widely recognized as a state with some of the toughest requirements for foreign ownership of farmland. But that just got...

As more farmers and ranchers rely on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops to connect with their operations and the outside...

Washington County, Iowa: Located four miles south of Wellman, Iowa, two tracts were sold at public auction on March 22. Of the two...