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Bouma Kohlsdorf

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Jun 13, 20253 min
8,000-Acre Oklahoma Ranch Sells to New Owners for First Time in 80 Years
A sprawling, 8,488-acre Oklahoma property owned by the same family since the 1940s was sold in early May. The Hilseweck Ranch, located in...

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Jun 6, 20253 min
Pork Leader Pat McGonegle: Pork Sausage Plant is a Win for Producers 
JBS USA, a Colorado-based food company, announced last week that it plans to build a $135 million dollar pork sausage production plant in...

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May 30, 20253 min
Kent Smith: Tariffs, Weather, and Bumps in the Road for Farmland Values
Tariff news changes week to week and even day to day, leaving a lot of people in agriculture feeling uncertain about the future. But Kent...

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May 30, 20253 min
Iowa Cash Rental Rates Drop for First Time in 6 Years
The average cash rental rate for Iowa farmland decreased for the first time since 2019, according to the 2025 Cash Rental Rates for Iowa...

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May 23, 20254 min
Farmland Trends: DreamDirt’s Jason Smith Watches for the ‘Iowa Effect’
Sales volume is up a little. Prices are, too. But higher quality farmland may be the surprise: farmland values have dropped from what...

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May 9, 20253 min
Trends in Farmland Crop Share Leases in Iowa
When a 531-acre farm in central Iowa sold at auction in early April, it was the end of an era for one family who knew the land well....

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Apr 11, 20253 min
New Purpose for Hunting Ground: CRP May Be Too Low
A Nebraska CRP property sold for $1.8M is being converted to cropland, raising questions about whether CRP rental rates are too low to keep land in conservation.

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Mar 7, 20254 min
Selling the Farm After Having No Plan
When Connie Chaloupka and her four sisters decided to sell their parents’ farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, earlier this month, it meant they wo

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Feb 7, 20254 min
Black Gold: Why Northwest Iowa Has Some of the Best Soil in the Nation
When a 76-acre farm outside the northwest Iowa town of Hull was auctioned off this past December, the sale price of $26,750 per acre came as

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Jan 31, 20255 min
The Contrarian: Steve Eisman
Steve Eisman, the renowned investor known for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, was a featured speaker at the 18th Annual Land Expo.

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Jan 24, 20254 min
Agribusiness Transactions in the Northwest: 2024 Review and 2025 Preview 
By: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by: Dave Price The Pacific Northwest is known for its natural beauty. The mountains, forests, and...

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Jan 17, 20254 min
How Inflation is Affecting Farmland
By: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf  Edited by: Dave Price  Kyle Bass is the kind of person who has strong opinions and doesn’t mind sharing them....

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