Blogs by Mollie Aronowitz, AFM
April 27, 2026
How Peoples Company Land Management Creates Opportunity for Landowners
Peoples Company Land Management helps landowners maximize productive acres, repurpose marginal land, and access conservation programs like the IDALS Streamside Buffer Initiative.
October 22, 2025
Inside a Farmland Investment Model: 4 Key Drivers of Returns
Discover how farmland investments generate returns through cash yield, appreciation, leverage, and crop yield. Insights from Peoples Company’s financial modeling.
September 22, 2025
Unlock the Full Potential of Your Farmland: Free Assessment from Peoples Company
Discover the true potential of your farmland with a free assessment from Peoples Company. Get expert insights on soil, topography, market values, and more—plus a complimentary 30-minute consultation.
August 25, 2025
From Handshake to Partnership: The Land Manager's Role
Historically, a traditional handshake agreement would have leased a farm for the coming year. But as more acres are leased, and landowners move further from the farm - both physically and generationally - the need for written agreements has grown. Today’s effective farm management depends not just on strong leases, but on strong relationships. And those relationships are built through clear, consistent, and proactive communication.
June 12, 2025
Peoples Company Completes 2025 Leading Harvest Sustainability Audit
Peoples Company enrolls all managed acres in the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard, a comprehensive and adaptable framework applicable to all crop types and regions across the United States.
March 17, 2025
Mud Season
It is mud season for many of us across the country. That time of year where winter is coming to an end and warmer temperatures are more consistent. The ground thawing and snow melting combined with spring rains creates a muddy, slippery environment.
February 3, 2025
The Balancing Act: Landowner and Farmer Goals on Rented Land
Finding opportunities to maximize production on each farm while also protecting valuable natural resources is the core business of Peoples Company’s Land Management Team. What makes our work especially rewarding and challenging is that there is no simple solution to guarantee success. Even when a landowner and tenant farmer both want what is best for the farm, they may not see eye to eye on how to get there.
April 24, 2024
Boots on the Ground – 2024 Leading Harvest Certification Farm Tours
In early April, I had the opportunity to join Peoples Company Delta Land Manager Julie Boggs and our 2024 Leading Harvest auditing team on managed farms in northern Louisiana.
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January 30, 2024
Aligning Landowner and Tenant Goals
I have worked with a variety of non-profit organizations, education institutions, and federal partners over the past 10 years in the farmland conservation space. Our vocabulary has changed over time, but the intent has remained constant: we work to leave the land better than how we found it.
June 5, 2023
Conserving Habitat in the Working Landscape
Peoples Company’s land management approach can be drilled down to one sentence: “Maximize yield on the...
June 6, 2022
Peoples Company Managed Farm Showcased on June 18th Field Day
Peoples Company is proud to support the efforts of landowners, operators, and local organizations bringing new...
May 18, 2022
Collaboration for a Common Goal: Peoples Company Perspective Included in May 2022 Open Rivers Journal
Peoples Company Land Manager, Mollie Aronowitz, was recently published in the May edition of Open Rivers:...
April 27, 2022
Spring CRP Management: Bird’s Eye View
The landscape is turning green in the Midwest, and Peoples Company Land Managers are anxious to get out from behind...
April 12, 2022
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WATCH VIDEO: Farmer Reshaping A Waterway
In my part of the country, Land Managers spend most of the first quarter...
December 9, 2021
Stacking Benefits for Better Bottom Line
Image: A no-tillage soybean field with cereal rye cover crop growing between the rows. Once the soybeans are...
September 21, 2021
Farmland Transitions: Navigating Change in Ownership
For many clients, farmland ownership is a way of life and part of their identity. They see managing farmland as...
May 18, 2021
Continual Improvement for Greatest Return
With so much digital information at our fingertips, instant gratification is easy to find. But effectively managing...
January 29, 2021
Production Reporting and Land Value: How Farm Documentation Addresses Annual Return and Land Appreciation
Peoples Company Land Management focuses on maximizing production on the most productive acres as well as protecting...
December 1, 2020
Peoples Company's Commitment to Leading Harvest Sustainability Standard
At Peoples Company, we strive to be a leader in advancing sustainability on the farm. It not only aligns with...
