March 2018 Wallace’s Farmer “MarketPlace Extra”
The farmland market across the State of Iowa remains stable. From neighborhood to neighborhood, there are ranges in value for the same quality land.
February 2018 Wallace’s Farmer “MarketPlace Extra”
The farmland market across the State of Iowa remains stable. Value ranges exist for the same quality land in different neighborhoods, and can be affected by several potential factors including the recent volume of land sales, the influence of local livestock production and local growing season success (or lack thereof).
The Farmland Sale-Leaseback
Farming has always been a capital-intensive business. For farmers to grow in the future, they may need to look beyond traditional sources of funding.
January 2018 Wallace’s Farmer “MarketPlace Extra”
Throughout the State of Iowa, corn and soybean yields in 2017 pleasantly surprised market observers and created support for the fall-winter 2017-2018 farmland sales season.
Cover Crops
Cover crops are generally considered any crop planted on a field between cash grain crops or during the non-growing season to provide “cover” to the soil. In the Midwest, the non-growing season typically starts after corn or soybean harvest, sometime between September and mid-November.
Benefits of On-Farm Grain Storage
Cal Dickson, AFM, ALC, CCA,
Chairman of the Hertz Farm Management
Grain Marketing Committee
Building a Family Legacy
If you ask Scott Brown how he got involved in owning farmland, he’ll tell you that it all started with a blind date. While studying to become a chemical engineer at Iowa State University, Brown’s roommate set him up on a date with his now wife Nancy Brown. Brown married Nancy in 1969 and it was from there that he not only started his journey with his new wife but also his investment in farmland.
