News, Insights &amp; Interviews Archive

The Future of Energy

CONTRIBUTOR: SKYLAR LATHROP EDITOR: DAVE PRICE Energy production is competitive. One segment could compete with others for market share....

Jan 19, 20243 min read

INTERVIEWS

Back to "Normal," But Then What?

This episode is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. “I described it as agriculture returning back to normal,” said Dr. Chad...

American Farmland Owner

Jan 12, 20242 min read

NOTABLE SALES

Notable Sales | January 12, 2024

Jefferson County, Arkansas: Located about 15 miles northeast of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a listing of 2,580.59 acres sold on December 13. Of...

A Land Expo, a Blizzard, and Uncertainties in 2024

Jan 12, 20244 min read

A Land Expo, a Blizzard, and Uncertainties in 2024

This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For 16 years, Steve Bruere, President of Peoples Company, has brought in...

Jan 12, 20243 min read

Help for Farmers in 2024

This is an uncomfortable and deeply troubling statistic: farmers take their own lives at higher rates than people in many other...

Skylar Lathrop

Jan 12, 20244 min read

Section 1031

Written by: Skylar Lathrop Edited by: Dave Price Do you know anyone who says that dealing with Internal Revenue Service rule changes is...

Digging Deeper for Farmland Tax Deductions

Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf

Jan 12, 20243 min read

Digging Deeper for Farmland Tax Deductions

Written by: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by: Dave Price The current IRS tax code is 74,600 pages long. In book form it would stretch 36...

Jan 5, 20242 min read

The Top Ten

Regulating waters on landowner properties, giving more space for chickens, and repairing your own tractor were all significant...

Jan 5, 20243 min read

Got Milk?

In 2024, the order is in from Walmart: “More milk, please.” Walmart will spend the year getting ready to open another milk processing...

Understanding the new Corporate Transparency Act

Jan 5, 20243 min read

Understanding the new Corporate Transparency Act

A push for greater transparency might mean landowners have to supply more information to comply. On January 1st, the federal Corporate...

What will the courts have to say about restricting foreign land ownership in 2024?

Jan 5, 20243 min read

INTERVIEWS

What will the courts have to say about restricting foreign land ownership in 2024?

This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. “We had a lot going on in 2023,” Micah Brown, staff attorney for the...

American Farmland Owner

Dec 29, 20232 min read

NOTABLE SALES

Notable Sales, December 15-28

Sioux County, Iowa: On December 18, two tracts of farmland were offered at public auction via the buyer’s choice auction method. Tract 1...

Dec 28, 20232 min read

Political Landscape

As the calendar turns to 2024, it officially begins an election year. Does that mean Congress will become even more unproductive in the...

Dec 28, 20234 min read

The Value of REITs

Thinking about investing in a publicly traded farmland REIT in the new year? The evaluation of its overall value can be a bit...

Dec 28, 20233 min read

Citrus Challenges and Opportunities

New Year’s Day means a mid-day kickoff for college football fans, especially supporters of the Iowa Hawkeyes and Tennessee Volunteers....

Dec 28, 20233 min read

Sleuthing for the Biggest Landowners

This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts You can “Google” many things on the internet. However, Eric O’Keefe needs...

Dec 22, 20233 min read

INTERVIEWS

The Future of Foreign Land Ownership

This interview is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Harrison Pittman is a key thought leader at one of the country’s top...

Dec 22, 20233 min read

Taking Flight

Flight100’s path across the Atlantic Ocean may symbolize a new journey that could benefit some farmland owners and the environment....

Dec 22, 20234 min read

Two Growing Costs in Agriculture

The new “Great Awakening” and “Great Resignation” raised wages across the United States’ labor market writ large over the past few years...

Dec 22, 20233 min read