Our annual summer farm tour is set for the Kankakee area this year, and registration is open here! You can get more details, including lodging information, at the same link. Here's what you have to look forward to if you…
Don Cochran is an accredited rural appraiser who appraised his first farm in 1973. He talked to us about his career and what he brings to clients. This is part of a series of videos created by ISPFMRA to help…
From the Annual Meeting to the Land Values Conference to the Summer Tour....and a whole lot in between, it's in the newsletter. Check it out: Spring 2022 ISPFMRA Newsletter
Unprecedented describes the land market throughout 2021 and into the early stages of 2022. "We ended 2021 incredibly strong with lots of action and we sit here in early 2022 trying to decipher where the wild ride will end" These…
If you missed our annual Land Values Conference (or even if you were there), now you can download the slides from our presenters.
The 2022 Illinois Land Values and Lease Trends Report is being printed and will become available for mailing/shipping on March 15. If you wish to order books, either as single units or in case lots, now would be a good…
It's time again for our annual Illinois Land Values Conference, coming up on Thursday, March 17 in Bloomington. Registration is $70 for members and $85 for non-members. Register online here. Sessions Trends in Agricultural Land Values and Credit Conditions David…
Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr., at left, is presented with the Service to Agriculture Award during the annual meeting of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Making the presentation is Seth Baker, AFM, immediate…
Dean Kyburz, (at right) a longtime member and mentor to many through decades of service to ISPFMRA, was named to the Chapter's Hall of Fame during the annual aeeting held January 27 in Springfield. Kyburz, who was accompanied by his…
Kent Reid, center, back row, heads the new leadership team as president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Reid, chief appraiser for Farm Credit Illinois, was elected during the organization's annual meeting held January 27…