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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago “7th District Land Values up 25% in 2011″
Record gains even when adjusted for inflation, no surprise there. Yesterday the Federal Reseve Bank of Chicago released its figures for 2011 farmland values in the 7th district which includes Iowa, part of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and part of Indiana. The report says that overall the 7th district gained 25% value in 2011 but slowed with [...]
Nebraska Farmland Price Record Set in Clay County
News coverage of the newest Nebraska farmland record setting sale at $12,000 per acre in Clay County near Harvard Nebraska. This auction topped the previous record prices set at auction just 2 and 3 weeks before this sale. Farmland prices remain strong and increasing. The desire to own tillable farmland is as strong as I’ve [...]
Nebraska Farmland Setting Records At Auction This Week
Nebraska has some exceptional farm ground, especially in the eastern half of the state and this week Nebraska joined Iowa and Illinois in breaking the $12,000 per acre mark on farmland. The farm located north of Harvard Nebraska in the south central part of Nebraska was flat and 75% irrigated with 8″ gravity system. Randy [...]
Cash Rent Farmland Auctions In Iowa
Depending on who you talk to cash rent auctions for farmland can really cause a stir in the state. Mike Duffy of Iowa State University said late last year that cash rents had never been so far out of step with land values ever. How does that get equalized? Well, most likely time would take [...]
Upcoming Farmland Auction – Marion County Iowa 196.5 Acres
We will be selling this 196.5 acres of good high quality productive tillable Iowa farmland at auction on March 3rd at Knoxville Iowa. A great farm with some good outbuildings and lots of good productive dirt. A great first farm with lots of possibilities or additional acreage for your operation. The farm is available to the [...]
Upcoming Iowa Farmland Auction Wayne and Decatur County
We will be offering this highly productive, high CSR 191 acres m/l of Iowa Farmland at public auction on February 25. The farm will be offered as one tract and is almost all farmland. The seller will retain the hunting rights for a 20 year period when the rights will rejoin with the property. Look [...]
Giant Whitetails – A Trail Camera Surprise
For those of you that are deer hunters and run trail cameras you know the excitement of a complete surprise. I don’t know anybody that doesn’t pull trail camera cards and run home with a pocket full of hot cards hoping there is some new surprise on them. In Iowa I love the late muzzleloader [...]
Shed Antler Hunting Tips and Strategy
For those deer hunters that read my blog you know the lure of the almighty antler can be just as strong in the Spring as it is in the fall. Our hobby, our tradition, sport, lifestyle whatever you want to call it has become antler obsessed and whats better that going hunting with the opportunity [...]
Investor Reveals His Farmland Buying Strategy
Gordon Ommen Principal Caplitaline Advisors talks with CNN Money about his farmland investing strategy and being an economic buyer of farmland, in other words, a non farming investor that will own the land for its rental income. Iowa farmland has been in the news quite a bit lately but this segment shows how some investors evaluate [...]
The Iowa Farmland Bubble “Primed to Burst”
I just finished reading an article out of Carroll Iowa today that I wanted to pass along about the question of an Iowa Farmland Bubble. Mulhlbauer says farmland “bubble” primed to burst The headline was a little misleading once you read the article, I suppose you could argue the headline is accurate if you wanted to [...]