Where Landowners Get Their News

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives took a nearly seven-week break from session as Fall harvest approached. The break for the U.S. Senate looks to last about five weeks.

If you ask Lindsey Feuerborn what she does for a living, she’ll tell you she sells Nebraska farmland. But spend a few minutes talking with the Lashley Land and Recreational Brokers agent, and it’s clear there’s more to her work than selling land.

A cheese plant announcement in rural Missouri continues a year of expansion announcements for Schreiber Foods, which is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company’s primary focus in Carthage, Missouri, will be process cheese.

Knowing your neighbors helps, but knowing your neighbors’ data may help even more. Today, some of the most important forces affecting land values may have little to do with farming.

Cattle ranchers have found bipartisan allies in Washington, D.C., who have joined their efforts to halt President Donald Trump's initiative to increase ground beef imports from Argentina and Brazil.

People around the country may not immediately recall Dan Pedersen's name, but many may remember his situation. Pedersen operates a 10,000-acre farm and feedlot with 12,000 cattle in Underwood, Iowa.

Rounding up and deporting "the worst of the worst" criminals was not going to impact the economic vitality and labor support for ranching and farming operations. But agricultural advocate organizations warn that U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in several key cattle ranching states could cause significant problems for staffing that relies on legal, temporary workers.

A two-state, 1,477.5-acre farm sale just closed for $22.45 million, and it wasn't luck. Geswein Farm & Land Realty's Johnny Klemme explains how branding an Illinois-Indiana portfolio as one regional event, pairing a hybrid live/online auction, and spotlighting decades of tenant stewardship drove nearly 800 bids and turned a multi-generational family farm into the sale everyone was watching.

Illinois farmland just hit $25,700 an acre. In Douglas County, all three tracts of the 114.77-acre Winslow Farm sold at that identical price via a Choice & Privilege auction, while a 172.48-acre Jones County, Iowa trust farm with a 93.1 CSR2 rating and a 325.78-acre, five-tract Minnesota sale rounded out a strong week for Midwest land values.

Growing risk may be outweighing previous abuse, Dustin Carlson, President of SRA 831(b) Admin, believes as people weigh potential benefits of micro-captive insurance plans for small and mid-sized businesses.

The American economy is feeling the weight. None of these things were what supporters had in mind when President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2027 with Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate.

The call is out: "The U.S. Government is investigating the fertilizer cartel and has asked anyone with firsthand knowledge to come forward. The cost is too high to remain silent," the new savefamilyfarms.us website headlined.