Are you graduating from a community college and transferring to one of the four in-state agriculture universities (Illinois State, Southern Illinois, University of Illinois, or Western Illinois) to pursue a bachelor of science degree in agriculture? Are you interested in…
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(Boone, IA, August 29, 2018) – Prices paid for Illinois farmland continued the “slightly lower” trend according to the Mid-Year Snapshot Survey completed by the Illinois Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. The survey results were released at the…
Update: our 2018 report is now available as a free download! (Bloomington, IL, March 22) Prices being paid for high quality Illinois farmland, as well as cash rents have stayed essentially flat for the past 12 months according to the…
Join your colleagues for a very full day and a-half of touring, learning, gabbing and just plain having a good time in the Decatur/Assumption/Pano area on August 9-10. You can register and pay online using the form at the bottom…
Contributors: Seth Baker, Dave Klein, Bruce Sherrick, and Brad Haight It is important to understand the impact on farmland values of wind and other renewable energy projects. In this article, some empirical evidence is first provided from a sample of…
The 2018 Illinois Farmland Values and Lease Trends Report is coming -- and you can make sure you get your copy as soon as they're released. They'll be available on March 20, and you can pre-order here. You'll be billed…
Daniel Legner, ARA, (left, front) heads up the 2018 leadership team of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. He and the other officers were elected during the organization’s Annual Meeting held February 8 in Champaign, IL.…
Ernest D. (Ernie) Moody, AFM, ARA, AAC, (right) was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at the organization’s annual meeting held February 8 in Champaign, IL. Making the presentation…
If you joined us for our 2018 annual conference, thank you! We hope you enjoyed our gathering -- and our celebration of the ISPFMRA's 90th anniversary -- as much as we did. Stay tuned to this space for presentations, photos,…