Structured Settlments to Reduce or Delay Capital Gains on Farmland Sales
Many people today want to sell farmland but can’t because they have no where to put the money and they do not want to be hit with the huge capital gain that goes along with selling. Its not uncommon for someone to call me wanting to set up a land auction, ready willing and able [...]
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 [...]
Mahaska County Iowa Farmland Prices on CRI Weekly News
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 [...]
Case IH Equipment in Action
Powerful efficient Case IH equipment in action. Be Ready!
Assessing Soil Compaction Issues by Case IH Experts
Understanding soil compaction and “hardpan” is important to every crop producer. Today I’m presenting a video from the good folks at Case IH Agriculture to help you understand how compaction affects everything in the field and how to assess soil compaction in the field in a very simple manner.
Iowa land value as high as an elephant’s eye by CBS
Iowa Auctioneer Jeffery Obrecht “the dirt dealer” of Farmers National Company recently appeared on CBS talks about there having never been a better time to sell a farm in Iowa.
Video – Record High Prices For Iowa Land
Another short story on Iowa land values and farmland prices from KEYC in Mankato Minnesota
Fields Of Dreams From Rock Center with Brian Williams
On January 2nd Jason appeared on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams and we’ve received an overwhelming response to the piece! People love dirt! The episode refers to my business as DreamDirt Realty which is inaccurate. This was an assumption on the part of the NBC production team. DreamDirt is an online blog and website for Iowa Auctioneer Jason [...]
The Agrarian Existence – Meet Joel Salatin
There is a raging debate in the world, 2 sides, 2 different opinions, 2 different lifestyles and you could pretty easily consider Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm one of the leaders of the Agrarianism side. To what Joel calls industrial or factory farmer he can be pretty controversial but behind his stereotypical farmer looking rough [...]
The Benefits of Cover Crop In No Till
I am fascinated with the benefits of cover crops and have noticed their increase in popularity over the last 10 years. I can see many benefits for many different land owner types in using cover crops. From the farmer that can producer a better crop with less fertilizer to the livestock producer and deer hunters [...]
