Jimmy John Liautaud — founder and of the Jimmy John’s Sandwiches — took the stage at the Land Investment Expo 2023 to share reflections on his success as a restauranteur, landowner, investor, and vineyard proprietor. Across four decades of entrepreneurship, Liautaud’s accomplishments can be traced directly to his willingness to work hard — and to always honor the integrity of a deal, especially one sealed by a handshake. “I was raised on [making] clean deals,” Liautaud told the crowd....

Dr. Bruce Sherrick, a professor of farmland economics and director of the TIAA Center for Farmland Research at the University of Illinois, shared insights on recent soaring agricultural land prices during a breakout session at the 2023 Land Investment Expo. The presentation highlighted several key insights from the National Land Values Report 2022 , written by Sherrick and published by Peoples Company . Read more at The Land Report . Originally published on March 2, 2023.

During his recent appearance at the 2023 Land Investment Expo, geopolitical analyst Peter Ziehan guided attendees through a fast-paced tour of global dynamics, including current and future trends in demographics, labor supply, trade, and farming. Drawing on points echoed in his 2022 book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization , Zeihan advanced several sweeping predictions over the course of his hour-long presentation. In one particularly candid...

Jeremy Siegel said a recession this year is not inevitable — but only if the Federal Reserve pivots soon. Speaking at the 2023 Land Investment Expo in Des Moines, the professor emeritus of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business did not mince words: He believes many of the Federal Reserve’s actions since COVID-19 have been misguided. Outlining his case, Siegel argued that, at various points post-pandemic, the Fed has been either too quick or too slow to respond...

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy joined Land Investment Expo 2023 live via teleconference to share why, he believes, the time is right for agriculture development in The Last Frontier. “There’s tremendous opportunity in the State of Alaska, as far as I’m concerned,” Dunleavy said. Dispelling what he called a “myth that all we have in Alaska are ice and igloos,” Dunleavy told Land Expo attendees that temperatures in the summertime in the state’s interior usually fall between 60 and 70 degrees,...

There’s only one way to go when you’ve reached a peak — and that’s down. It’s an incontestable truth many US farmers may have to navigate in 2023, following last year’s record-high commodity returns. Still, in his 2023 Land Investment Expo breakout session — aptly titled “Agriculture Looking Forward” — Farm Credit Services of America Senior Vice President Jim Knuth offered insights to help buffer potential market downturns that could define 2023 Read more at The Land Report . Originally...

All it took was a moment for Sarah Frey’s life to change completely. In 1992, as a teen, she had an epiphany: rather than carrying through with her original plan to flee her family’s 80-acre Southern Illinois farm, she would instead save it. Read more at The Land Report . Originally published on March 7, 2023.