The latest ISPFMRA newsletter is here. It’s packed with updates, insights, and plans for the year ahead. Download the full PDF here. Highlights Rick Hiatt Elected ASFMRA President Rick Hiatt is now the 2024-25 ASFMRA President. A well-deserved recognition for…
The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers will offer continuing education programs to run in conjunction with its annual meeting on February 5-6 at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria. A full-day appraisal continuing education course on…
Longtime colleague and Affiliate member Pat Tomlinson, at right in photo, was honored at the Annual Meeting on February 8 by being given an Honorary/Lifetime Membership in the Chapter. In making the presentation, Immediate Past President Kent Reid noted that…
(Neillsville, WI) April 24, 2024 – Lowell Akers, AFM, ARA, Retired, (at left in photo) has been named to the membership Hall of Fame by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Manages and Rural Appraisers. A plaque marking the fete…
Holly Spangler, senior editor of Prairie Farmer magazine and executive editor for Farm Progress Publications was presented the ISPFMRA Service to Agriculture award during the Chapter's annual meeting on February 8 in Champaign. Presenting the honor was Michael Lauher, AFM,…
We had a full house at our 2024 ISPFMRA Land Values Conference. You can catch up on what happened and get many more insights in our Spring 2024 Newsletter. Here's what's inside: Land Values Conference was a Full House …….…
(Bloomington, IL March 21, 2024) Farmland values across Illinois were ‘steady-to-up” last year while the number of sales throughout the state appear to have been down significantly from 2022, at least according to the 2024 Farmland Values Lease Trends Report…