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…
ISPFMRA is offering a course titled "Using Excel® in Specified Appraisal Applications" on August 15th in Champaign, Illinois. The course will run all day (8am-5pm) at the Hilton Garden Inn. For the beginner to advanced user, this seminar will move…
Join us on the ISPFMRA Summer Tour 2012! Events include University of Illinois Agronomy Day, a crop production technology update, and a tour of the University of Illinois Ag Library. Download the agenda and registration form for details. If you…
Joyce Watson, president and CEO of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, was presented with the Outstanding Service to Illinois Agriculture Award by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at that organization’s annual meeting held here February…
Jerry R. Hicks, AFM, partner and treasurer of Agrivest, Inc., Springfield, IL, was inducted into the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ Hall of Fame during the organization’s annual meeting held here recently. “Jerry epitomizes all the…
Here are 30 facts culled from the 2012 Illinois Land Value report. 1. Both Land Values and Lease Trends continue higher into 2012, and are expected to stay strong as long as crop income levels hold or increase. 2. Price…
The prices being paid for farmland across Illinois continue their upward spiral with the tops being in the $10,000 to $13,000 per acre range across the state. This is according to the 2012 Farmland Values and Lease Trends Report released today by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at its annual Land Values Conference.
The top price of $13,000 per acre was for a November 2011 sale of 37.7 acres in Christian County. The property was listed as having Excellent quality land. Sales in the $10,000 per acre range were common across a number of regions in the state.
At the 2012 annual meeting, members heard from Scott Stewart, President and CEO of Stewart-Peterson, Inc. Click below for a copy of his presentation. Charting Your Course for the New World of Agriculture: A Futuristic View (PDF 10 mb)
At the 2012 annual meeting, Michael Swanson, Ph.D., of Wells Fargo Ag Industries, presented his findings on Economic Outlook at Ag Risk. Here's a copy of his presentation.
Trends and types of current farmland lease models will be the subject of a panel discussion during the 2012 Illinois Land Values Conference to be held March 22 at the Parke Hotel and Conference Center here. The event is being sponsored by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
“The continuing rise in the cost of productive farmland, along with the volatility in the prices being paid for commodities, has resulted in some real creativity in the types of farmland rents and leases that are being drawn up between land owners and tenants,” says Don McCabe, AFM, overall chairman of the annual Land Values project put on by the Society. “We know there is a tremendous amount of interest in what’s being paid across the fence and down the road, so we’ve put together a group of professional farm managers who will address the subject during this year’s conference,” he says.