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News, Insights & Interviews Archive


Champaign Berry Farm: Owners Hope More Farmers Choose to Grow Berries
They didn’t start with black raspberries, peaches, gooseberries, or currants. But they also didn’t know that customers would drive...
Dave Price
Jul 183 min read


Tyler Sellens: Illinois Hunting Property Market Going Strong and Not Expected to Slow Down
When Illinois broker Tyler Sellens guides sellers about how to get the most money for their property, he usually suggests listing...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jul 113 min read


Limiting Foreign Involvement in U.S. Agriculture
There has been a heightened focus on stopping foreign purchases of American farmland, especially from China. The USDA has announced a...
Dave Price
Jul 113 min read


Secretary Rollins: No Amnesty for Farm Workers as Deportation Raids Continue
Farm and ranch owners are watching raids continue, listening to what the president is saying, and following what the country’s secretary...
Dave Price
Jul 113 min read


Mary Swander: Taking Farm Succession Conversations on the Road
Mary Swander’s show is back on the road with the same mission: to use a unique way to get farm families across the country thinking about...
Dave Price
Jul 114 min read


Fed Reserve Chair: Tariffs Are Reason Why Interest Rates Aren’t Lower Yet
This has not yet been the time for the U.S. central bank to lower interest rates, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday....
Dave Price
Jul 32 min read


Speculation: Possible 50% Farmland Value Drop in Canadian Region
A projection is only that, a projection. However, any time that an analyst sees data that could indicate that farmland in a region could...
Dave Price
Jul 31 min read


California Farms Missing Workers After Immigration Enforcement: GOP Lawmakers Ask Trump Administration for Help
Raids and apprehensions by federal officials directed by the Trump administration are testing the daily functions of some agricultural...
Dave Price
Jul 33 min read


These Incentives Will Help Pork Production Plant
JBS, a global company with operations in 15 countries, announced earlier this year it plans to bring a new facility and new jobs to the...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jul 33 min read


Mitchell Hora: 45Z Credits Will Lead to Surge in Carbon Awareness
While members of Congress, lobby groups, and impacted Americans argued over the ramifications of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill Act,”...
Dave Price
Jul 34 min read


Georgia Recreational Estate May Be Largest in State History: Influencer Jake Paul Is New Buyer
A premiere property in Georgia has a new owner, and he is one of the most well-known “influencers” in the United States. The price tag...
Dave Price
Jun 272 min read


The Inside Story of the Egg Heist
Egg prices have retreated in the last few months as highly pathogenic avian influenza has slowed its wrath on hens across the United...
Dave Price
Jun 273 min read


The Good and the Bad: What A Recent Survey Says About the Ag Economy
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank keeps a close eye on what is happening in the agriculture economy throughout the year, and right...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jun 273 min read


The Drost Family: Creating Balance on and off the Farm
If the Drost family had a mission statement on the welcome mat at their front door, it might include this word: “balance.” Jackson and...
Dave Price
Jun 273 min read


Notable Farmland Sales: June 20, 2025
Wilkin County, Minnesota - May 20 This 230.35 +/- gross acre property located in Wilkin County, Minnesota sold via the online-only...
American Farmland Owner
Jun 203 min read


Federal Raids Resume on Farms in the Search for Undocumented Workers
Agriculture producers had warned the Trump administration for months, along with members of Congress, that deportation raids by...
Dave Price
Jun 202 min read


Research Study: Solar Panels May Benefit Some Crop Production
For some communities, they lay out a choice: grow food or produce solar energy. But why not both? The first year of an Iowa State...
Dave Price
Jun 202 min read


Kansas City Federal Reserve District: 1st Quarter Farmland Values Down
As farmland owners thinking about selling, and potential buyers eye appealing land during the first month of 2025’s second quarter, they...
Dave Price
Jun 202 min read


A Montana Man’s Trip to Try to Save His Solar Business
Since a Wyoming farm boy who expected a longer career as a lighting technician for film and television never anticipated that he would...
Dave Price
Jun 204 min read


How Younger Consumers Are Changing the Wine Industry
Young people are drying up the wine industry. Young people are refining the wine industry. There are arguments in both ways. But a new...
Dave Price
Jun 132 min read


Lawmakers Fume after Governor’s Veto, But Energy Leaders Celebrate
A much-anticipated veto by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, brought a range of reactions because of the potential significance...
Dave Price
Jun 133 min read
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