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,…
Join us on March 22 for our annual Illinois Land Values Conference! Speakers include Dr. Bruce Sherrick of the University of Illinois; David Klein, AFM, AFC, of Soy Capital Ag Services; and Dr. Gary Schnitkey of the University of Illinois…
Prices being paid for farmland as well as sales activity have basically flattened during the first half of 2017, with a trend that will apparently continue for the balance of the year, according to a survey done by the Illinois…
On May 17, 2017, the bylaws amendments that were voted on at the February 16, 2017 annual meeting began to take effect. Some of these will take effect October 1, 2017. To wit: • The Academic Vice President shall be…
Now you can download the electronic version of our 2017 Land Values Report! It's a free download -- just right-click the link below and save the PDF to your computer. 2017 Land Values Report Web Version
Join your colleagues with ISPFMRA to explore and discover the heart of Illinois’ Coal Country! Spend two days learning about coal mining, how coal mining is taught, its impact on the area economy, the effects of long-wall mining, and the…
If you want to follow up on something you heard at our annual land values conference, you can do that right here! Here are the slides from four presentations from our conference. 2017 Illinois Farmland Values Lease Trends Summary Agricultural…
Here's our program for the annual Farmland Values Conference on March 23. Agenda 7:00 a.m. Registration open 8:00 a.m. Greetings, Opening comments 8:10 a.m. Kevin Van Trump -- Founder of Farm Direction and publisher of the weekly Van Trump Report…