Farm Management

Good land in a good area is a recipe for a fine farmland auction. It certainly was for the heirs of the Margie Ann Hansen Estate, which sold 163 acres of Cherokee County, Iowa, farmland November 7.

Boundaries between cities and agricultural land are becoming increasingly blurry. It’s important to understand the right-to-farm laws in your state.

Some families are waiting for the all clear before creating their farm succession plan. This mistake can be costly.

It pays to be prepared for loan restructuring. First, understand how lenders evaluate risk and the type of financial metrics they take into consideration when assessing a farming operation.

Inventor’s homestead and farmland averages $2,700 per acre. Plus, sales from Illinois, Indiana, and South Dakota.

Land sales don’t get much more epic than the October 17 auction of Illinois farm and hunting ground. It was epic in every way: size (4,396 acres); volume (85 tracts); and proceeds ($13,056,280).