Land Business Monthly - March 2020

LAND BUSINESS MONTHLYMARCH 2020LEADING HARVEST SETS THE STANDARDLANDOWNER 101: CROP INSURANCENEW LISTINGS, PENDING, AND SOLDLAND INVESTMENT EXPO 2021

CONTENTSLEADING HARVEST SETS THE STANDARDNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF APPRAISAL AND LAND MANAGEMENTIOWA LAND VALUES UPDATELANDOWNER 101: CROP INSURANCELAND INVESTMENT MONTHLYNEW LISTINGS, PENDING, AND SOLDLAND INVESTMENT EXPO 2021

LEADING HARVEST SETS THE STANDARDTHE CHALLENGE: To develop a viable standard that could be implemented across the greatest portion of agricultural acreage possible.If Earth is our home, then the kitchen takes up half our house. According to the World Bank, 50 percent of the world’s habitable land is dedicated to agriculture uses. In essence, our planet is a giant food production system that feeds 7.8 billion arounda very large dinner table.Yet because of vast disparities in soil, climate, elevation, and food types, there never has been any global recipe for how agriculture should operate sustainably. READ MORE+Taken from

PEOPLES COMPANY HIRESNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF APPRAISAL AND LAND MANAGEMENTPeoples Company announces that Michael Lauher has been hired as National Director of Appraisal and Land Management. The hire comes amid a series of announcements demonstrating Peoples Company’s national expansion, including the opening of offices in California, Michigan, Nebraska, and Washington, and the hiring of a Director of Sustainability.READ MORE +PeoplesCompany.com

Land Business Monthly | MAR 20IOWA LAND VALUES UPDATETaking a look back at the end of 2019, there were 240 farmland auctions which is over 100 auctions more than Q4 of 2018. The average $/CSR2 point in Q4 was $114, up two points from 2018. The year as a whole showed a slight downward trend from Q1 through Q3, with a slight uptick in Q4, as expected. The overall trend continues to remain stable. The higher number of auctions through the end of 2019 shows optimism in the market as 2020 commences.READ MORE +

PeoplesCompany.comAs the 2020 growing season rapidly approaches, farm operators are finalizingcrop input plans and buttoning up any last-minute land contracts. Many in theMidwest will hope to be planting corn by the middle of next month.Peoples Company Land Managers have fielded questions from non-farming landowners anxious to learn how operations are preparing for the unknowns that lie ahead in the 2020 season. Concerns over Mother Nature and commodity prices are at the top of the list.READ MORE +LANDOWNER 101:CROP INSURANCE

Land Business Monthly | MAR 20LAND INVESTMENT MONTHLYBoone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch Asking $220 MillionREAD MORE +Some U.S. Farmers Boxed In By Coronavirus OutbreakREAD MORE +An Airbnb For Farmland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy ConcernsREAD MORE +Peoples Company’s California Expansion to Target SGMA OpportunitiesREAD MORE +Cargill to challenge Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods with New Plant-based BurgerREAD MORE +Rethinking Healthy Agriculture For City DwellersREAD MORE +Number of U.S. Farms Down 3% in Five YearsREAD MORE +NOTEWORTHY NEWSDaniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

PeoplesCompany.com60 ACRES M/LBUCHANAN COUNTY, IA112 ACRES M/LBUCHANAN COUNTY, IA572.57 ACRES M/LFREMONT COUNTY, IA409.57 ACRES M/LWARREN COUNTY, IANEW LISTINGS, PENDING, AND SOLDLAND BROKERAGE & AUCTIONS188.21 ACRES M/LWAYNE COUNTY, IA157 ACRES M/LBUTLER COUNTY, IA138.35 ACRES M/LWAPELLO COUNTY, IAVIEW ALL AGRICULTURAL LISTINGS +160 ACRES M/LPOWESHIEK COUNTY, IA177.23 ACRES M/LMADISON COUNTY, IA

NEW LISTINGS, PENDING, AND SOLDLand Business Monthly | MAR 20LAND BROKERAGE & AUCTIONS82.57 ACRES M/LGREENE COUNTY, IA40.58 ACRES M/LGREENE COUNTY, IAVIEW ALL AGRICULTURAL LISTINGS +40 ACRES M/LMARION COUNTY, IA45.38 ACRES M/LWARREN COUNTY, IA252 ACRES M/LBUCHANAN COUNTY, IA302 ACRES M/LWRIGHT COUNTY, IA118.14 ACRES M/LBUCHANAN COUNTY, IA90.76 ACRES M/LMARION COUNTY, IA40 ACRES M/LGREENE COUNTY, IA

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