Join us for three great programs over two packed days! On February 1-2, we'll enjoy a farm tour, a presentation from ISPFMRA favorite Monica Neubauer, and our regular annual meeting. It's all centered at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington.…
Farmland prices across Illinois have maintained their strength from 2021 with an average increase of 18 percent over the same period one year ago. However, the peak may have been reached as a flattening in prices paid for farmland in…
Re-printed with permission by Prairie Farmer. You can find the original article here. by Michael Lauher | May 17, 2022 It was a cold January day in 2021 when Eric O'Keefe, editor and founder of The Land Report, walked up…
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…
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.
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…