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Harrison County, Iowa One 77.52 m/l acre tract was sold via public auction on May 20. Located seven miles east of Beebeetown, Iowa, this...

Agriculturally rich Iowa is among the states that showed significant improvement after nearly four years of drought. May’s rain total was...

Angst about the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza beyond poultry has spread along with the news that three people have now...

It can be a callous-sounding side of agriculture. But if one producer has an unexpected problem in production, then another producer can...

Spotify | Apple Podcasts Americans, most of them, still want to eat meat. Without all that extra cash that they received from the federal...

The newest version of the Farm Bill is good. It’s bad. Congress is going to pass it. Congress won’t pass it. Take your pick. There are...

There are no beans or corn. No hogs or cattle. No tree nuts, berries, or chicken. You probably don’t think that you are stepping on a...

Farmers and rural energy producers have felt the wrath of severe storms in Iowa this spring in ways that they haven’t experienced in...

Spotify | Apple Podcasts “Connect those that grow it.” That is what Paul Yeager tries to do. As the producer and host of “Market to...

Mitchell County, Iowa On May 3, 153.00 m/l acres were sold eight miles northwest of Riceville, Iowa. This property consists of 129.86 FSA...

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...

Five key agricultural states in the nation’s midsection are seeing less farmland for sale, fewer potential buyers, and smaller...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Whether he is floating on it or figuring out a plan for a landowner to use it as a new revenue stream, Clay...

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...

Spotify | Apple Podcasts It’s not quite like saying “global warming.” It doesn’t elicit the same reactions as “climate change.”...

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