An AFO Interview – Maybe it’s just a bluff?

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthDecember 20, 2024

Don’t miss this AFO interview by Dave Price, Editor of American Farmland Owner, as he sits down with Dr. Ernie Goss, Professor of Economics at Creighton University to discuss what the numbers are saying about smaller rural communities and farmland across the Midwest. Maybe it’s just a bluff?

The interview recap includes links to Creighton University’s Mainstreet Economy Historical Data from 2014 to 2024, which includes our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, along with Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming. Find those report details here: https://bit.ly/3VP59xy

Minnesota Land Sales

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthDecember 14, 2024

December 10, 2024 Farm Progress report, shares details on November farmland sales for our Midwest reporting state of Minnesota. November continued to be on course as one of the busiest months for farm sales. While sales remained stable, they also came with a cautious land market awareness across the state. Find more details and recent highlighted sales in “Stable but cautious land market shows in high farm sales” – https://bit.ly/4gcywSS

Midwest: Fall land auction results you need to know

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthDecember 13, 2024

Fall land auction results, featuring recent Midwest land sales in our states of North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, help shed insights into the 2025 land market. Although cautious optimism is the outlook for next year, there’s still plenty of bright spots of resiliency in recent Midwest land auction results. Farm Progress – https://bit.ly/3BBnh78

80 Iowa Acres Sell for $19,000 per Acre

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthDecember 11, 2024

This December 5, 2024 article from Successful Farming, produced in partnership with American Farmland Owner, details six notable farmland transactions from August and September 2024 in our Midwest reporting states of Iowa and Illinois. Find their details here – https://bit.ly/4gvA9dS

December 2024 Land Values – Featuring our Midwest State of Iowa

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthDecember 6, 2024

Doug Hensley, President of Hertz Real Estate Services, recent blog post reflects on this past year’s activities that impacted land values and sales, farm related businesses, and harvest. Concluding that “it’s just a different market than a year ago,” he shares the outlook for 2025 comes with “clear-eyed profitability concerns.” Find details to land sales from the states ten regions, as 2024 comes to a close. December 2024 Wallace’s Farmer MarketPlace Extra – https://www.hertz.ag/blog/detail/december-2024-wallaces-farmer-marketplace-extra

Land market continues to be strong

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According to this Farm Progress report on December 4, 2024, “Land is still selling strong post-election, and slightly lower prices experienced earlier in the fall are leveling off.” Find details to two featured land sales, one from our Midwest state of Nebraska, brought to you by BigIron Realty – https://bit.ly/4f3VpGF

Illinois Century Farm Sells for $25,581 an Acre

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthNovember 27, 2024

“A 176-acre century farm located in Waterloo, Illinois, sold at an auction on Oct. 29 for about $3.18 million, averaging $18,075 an acre.” Approximately 30 people from the area were registered for the auction. Learn more about this impressive multi-buyer sale and the six tracts of land in our Midwest reporting state of Illinois. Successful Farming – https://bit.ly/49qK42l

Farmland Prices Come Back to Earth After Years of Growth

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthNovember 20, 2024

Successful Farming’s latest article is packed full with the latest U.S. averages for farm real estate values. Learn about what Peoples Company calls “a rational market” and future anticipated market drivers. Features the USDAs Land Values 2024 Summary with comparisons from 2023 to 2024. Find the 2024 Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rent Survey, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Seventh District Report, and more. Find all the details here – https://bit.ly/3CyQm3o

Compeer Financial November 2024 Land Sales Highlights

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthNovember 19, 2024

Compeer Financial November 2024 Land Sales Highlights features our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. You can now view the latest sales thru our partner, CamoAg. Learn how to navigate the platform and learn more about each parcel sold in the links found below:

Compeer Financial – Freeborn County MN Sale – https://bit.ly/48W7Frc
Compeer Financial – Fond du Lac County WI Sale – https://bit.ly/4fXaLh5
Compeer Financial – Peoria County IL Sale – https://bit.ly/3Ohom71