Shed Antler Hunting Tips and Strategy Jason Smith's DreamDirt

Shed Antler Hunting Tips and Strategy

January 21st, 2012 | 1 Comment

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 [...]

Mahaska County Iowa Farmland Prices on CRI Weekly News

January 17th, 2012 | No Comments

CRI Weekly news discusses Iowa land prices in general and visits Mahaska County in southeast Iowa to talk with Darrell Limkeman of Mid States Farm Management. This was an interesting what because they actually showed the bottom end, land listed for $2500 an acre which has been a change from the sensational media we’ve seen about Iowa [...]

Become a DreamDirt Farmographer

January 14th, 2012 | No Comments

As DreamDirt grows we are looking for quality people to add to our creative team! We are currently interviewing potential “Farmographers” who may be interested in joining our team in all corners of the state of Iowa. What is a “Farmographer” Well, that takes a little explaining! A DreamDirt Farmographer is a talented, creative, [...]

Call to Action- A New TV Show About Auctions and Auctioneers

January 14th, 2012 | 1 Comment

I’ve been visiting with several production companies from Los Angles that have contacted me about the potential to film several different reality TV shows about auctions in Iowa. One of those production compaies will be coming to Iowa next week to meet with me and have asked me to “put feelers out” looking for potential [...]

Video – Record High Prices For Iowa Land

January 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

Another short story on Iowa land values and farmland prices from KEYC in Mankato Minnesota

Mutually Beneficial Transactions Between Hunters and Farmers

December 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Creating mutually beneficial real estate transactions between buyers and sellers is my task on a day to day basis. Sometimes I don’t slow down enough to realize that not everybody realizes that buying land is much different than shopping at WalMart. When you make a trip to the super center you push a cart, pick [...]

Happy Thanksgiving From DreamDirt

November 24th, 2011 | No Comments

I feel blessed to work among the good folks of agriculture everyday. Tomorrow is the holiday I find most closely related to land ownership in America and being raised in Iowa, one of the nations most heavily farmed states its easy to take some of this for granted if a guy doesn’t stop to think [...]

Want to Hunt on The DreamDirt Farm – Hunters Helping Soldiers

October 17th, 2011 | 3 Comments

I find almost no cause as worthy as those that help disabled police officers and soldiers, for those that put their life, their families future on the line and fought to keep us all safe. For those that defend my families safety all day long here at home and for those that defend my priceless American [...]

Iowa Farmland 101

CSR stands for Corn Suitability Rating which has a big influence on the value of tillable farmland in Iowa. CSR is an index procedure developed in Iowa to rate each different kind of soil for its potential row-crop productivity. Soil profile properties and weather conditions are the dominant factors that affect productivity. Slope characteristics are major factors that determine how land should be used. Slope gradient and slope length affect potential erosion rates, water infiltration, and ease and efficiency of machine operation. CSRs provide a relative ranking of all soils mapped in the state of Iowa based on their potential to be utilized for row-crop production.

Real Estate Term: Pocket Listings

Have you ever heard an agent refer to a "Pocket Listing"? Pocket listings are farms we know are for sale, but not listed. In other words for one reason or another a person has told us "I don't want to list it but feel free to bring me offers" Sellers do this for various reasons, sometimes they don't want neighbors or family to know, sometimes they know several real estate agents and don't want to offend the other.

What you can't find in my listings, I may very well have as a pocket listing so its important to call and open the conversation, let me know what you are after and if I don't have it, I'll certainly keep an eye out for you and that doesn't cost you a dime!

Iowa Farm Facts

Total number of farms (2010) 92,400
Total amount of farmland (2010) 30.8 mil acres
Average farm size (2010) 333 acres
Average dollar value per acre (2010) $5,064
Average temperature (2010) 48.1 degrees F
Range of temps 13.2F in Jan to 75.3F in July
Average annual precipitation (2010) 45.10 inches
Harvested acres of corn for grain (2011) 13.7 mil
Corn Production (2011) 2.33 billion bushels
Corn Yield (2010) 165.0 bu/acre
Corn Value of Production (2010) $11.7 bil
Harvested acres of soybeans 9.26 mil acres
Soybean production (2011) 468 million bushels
Soybean Yield (2010) 51.0 bu/acre
Soybeans Value of Production (2010) $5.81 bil
# of cattle and calves on hand (2011) 3.90 mil head
Cattle and calves, cash receipts (2010) $2.92 billion
Number of hogs on hand (2010) 19.1 mil head
Total annual hogs marketed 37.4 million head
Hogs, cash receipts (2010) $ 5.38 billion
Number of sheep on hand 210,000 head
Total annual sheep marketed 175,500 head
Sheep and lambs, cash receipts $28.3 mil
Total annual red meat production 6.57 bil pounds
Milk Production (2010) 4.34 billion pounds
Dairy, cash receipts (2010) $713.1 million
Average number of egg layers on hand 54.25 mil
Total annual egg production 14.61 bil eggs
Value of egg production (2010) $824.3 million

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