Fall 2018 Newsletter
Our Fall 2018 newsletter is available now. Click the link to download it FAll-2018-ISPFMRA-Newsletter
Values Trend “Slightly Lower” During 1st Half of Year
(Boone, IA, August 29, 2018) – Prices paid for Illinois farmland continued the “slightly lower” trend according to the Mid-Year Snapshot Survey completed by the Illinois Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. The survey results were released at the…
Little Change in Illinois Farmland Values (Download the report!)
Update: our 2018 report is now available as a free download! (Bloomington, IL, March 22) Prices being paid for high quality Illinois farmland, as well as cash rents have stayed essentially flat for the past 12 months according to the…
Join the 2018 ISPFMRA Summer Tour!
Join your colleagues for a very full day and a-half of touring, learning, gabbing and just plain having a good time in the Decatur/Assumption/Pano area on August 9-10. You can register and pay online using the form at the bottom…
Dan Legner Heads Up ISPFMRA Leadership Team
Daniel Legner, ARA, (left, front) heads up the 2018 leadership team of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. He and the other officers were elected during the organization’s Annual Meeting held February 8 in Champaign, IL…
Moody Named to Farm Managers/Appraisers Hall of Fame
Ernest D. (Ernie) Moody, AFM, ARA, AAC, (right) was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at the organization’s annual meeting held February 8 in Champaign, IL. Making the presentation…
2018 Annual Conference Recap
If you joined us for our 2018 annual conference, thank you! We hope you enjoyed our gathering -- and our celebration of the ISPFMRA's 90th anniversary -- as much as we did. Stay tuned to this space for presentations, photos,…
Approved By-Law Changes Coming Into Effect
On May 17, 2017, the bylaws amendments that were voted on at the February 16, 2017 annual meeting began to take effect. Some of these will take effect October 1, 2017. To wit: • The Academic Vice President shall be…
2017 Land Values Report – Download Now!
Now you can download the electronic version of our 2017 Land Values Report! It's a free download -- just right-click the link below and save the PDF to your computer. 2017 Land Values Report Web Version
Summer Tour 2017 – Exploring Illinois’ Coal Country
Join your colleagues with ISPFMRA to explore and discover the heart of Illinois’ Coal Country! Spend two days learning about coal mining, how coal mining is taught, its impact on the area economy, the effects of long-wall mining, and the…