(Decatur, IL, August 28, 2013) While the number of Illinois farms being offered for sale is down compared to a year ago, the value for what is being sold is up modestly across the board, according to the 2013 Mid-Year…
Brownfield Ag News has an interesting interview with Brent Pollard, Chairman of the Illinois Farm Bureau State Young Leader Committee. About two minutes in, he talks about the challenges facing young farmers. The biggest hurdle, according to Pollard, is getting…
The 2013 ISPFMRA Summer Tour is coming up! The tour will hit the Effingham and Shelby area on August 15th and 16th. The tour will include visits to Willow Ridge Vineyards and Winery, the Holland Energy Natural Gas-Fired Generating Plant,…
The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers has released its 2013 report on farmland values in Illinois agriculture. A few highlights: Grain Prices Mother Nature slashed corn and soybean yields in 2012 which resulted in skyrocketing grain…
Here's an archive of presentations from the 2013 Annual Meeting. Lee Waters - Crop Insurance 101 Scott Irwin - The Impact of Biofuels Mandates on Grain and Oilseed Markets Stephen Frerichs - Legislative Update IL-FarmManagers.ppt Toying with Technology Agriculture Economic…
You can order a 2013 Land Values report! Just download the form linked below to place your order. Order Form.pdf Note: There is a correction to one of the tables in the report. This is for Region 5, on page…
The 2013 Illinois Land Values Conference is coming up quickly! It will be held March 13-14 at the Parke Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington. The March 14 activities will be open to the public. (Pre-order a copy of the…
There's an interesting article about transparency and profitability on today's farms at Brownfield Ag News. Tom Steever spoke with Kay Johnson Smith, the CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance. Here's the takeaway nugget: "The more that we can be transparent…
The value of farmland across Illinois continues rising, and while the rate of increase has slowed somewhat, prices are expected to continue upward, according to the Mid-Year Land Values snapshot survey conducted by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers…
The 2012 Land Values Report from the ISPFMRA is available! Here's a peek at what we found. Land prices and returns to farmland leases have continued their strong move up, uninterrupted now for a several year run, hitting new highs…