Carroll Merry (at right) has been presented with the Service to Agriculture award by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers during the organization's annual meeting held recently in Peoria, IL. Presenting the plaque is Dan Legner, ARA,…
Rick Hiatt, AFM, ARA, (at left) a partner with Hiatt Farm Management, Pontiac, IL, has been named to the Hall of Fame for the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Presenting the plaque citing the achievement is…
Following CDC guidance, we have canceled our annual land values conference. Join us March 19 in Bloomington for our annual Illinois Land Values Conference! Our theme is "Bringing It All into Focus," and we'll have lots of great information for…
Following CDC guidance, we have canceled our scheduled classes.
Registration for this event is over. Can it really be here already? It’s time for our 2020 ISPFMRA annual conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, in East Peoria. Arrive a day early to participate in our special Soil Health Program on Feb…
Our Winter 2020 newsletter is available now. Click the link to download it: Winter 2020 ISPFMRA Newsletter Inside This Issue • Programs Fill February Meeting Calendar • ”Seth Says” -- A Message from the President • 2020 ISPFMRA Leadership Team…
Our Fall 2019 newsletter is available now. Click the link to download it: Fall 2019 ISPFMRA Newsletter
(Decatur, IL. August 28, 2019) -- "Static" is likely the best way to describe what is happening with prices being paid for Illinois farmland when comparing sales activities from January 1 through the end of July this year. This is…
by Gary Truitt (Reprinted by permission of author. See the full original commentary at Hoosier Ag Today.) The Center for Disease Control has recently identified a long-observed, but hitherto unnamed disease, Morbus Agricola. Commonly referred to as farmer disease, it…
Reprinted by permission of the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture In April, the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded the fourth largest one-month drop since data collection began in October 2015. The barometer, which is a sentiment index…