Blogs by Steve Bruere
October 10, 2023
Smart Money vs. Scared Money: Reconsidering Farmland in Today's Market
Throughout my 20-year career at Peoples Company, I have been involved in billions of dollars of real estate transactions and have witnessed firsthand the financial performance of U.S. farmland through numerous economic shocks including the great financial crisis, Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing experiment, Trump’s trade wars, the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and now the nation’s battle with persistent inflation. On a pure return basis, farmland has outperformed most traditional equity and fixed income strategies, and has done so with incredibly low volatility compared to other asset classes over that time period.
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Photo Credit: Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register
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March 31, 2023
Land Investment Monthly - April 2023
Photo Credit: Preston Keres/USDA/FPAC photo
Focus on Ag: Farmland Values Continue to Increase
The...
February 28, 2023
Land Investment Monthly - March 2023
Photo Credit: Alexandra Hootnick for The Wall Street Journal
Chicago Fed: 2022 Farmland Values Saw Annual...
January 31, 2023
Land Investment Monthly - February 2023
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2023 Land Expo Speakers Address the End of the World, Fertilizer...
January 3, 2023
Land Investment Monthly - January 2023
Photo Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
After Historic Growth, Will Iowa Farmland Prices Fall?
Wendong...
November 30, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - December 2022
Larry Bortz’s short corn, center, was still standing after high winds knocked down some of his conventional...
November 2, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - November 2022
A farmer harvests soybeans on a farm near Ely in November 2021. Photo Credit: Richard Pratt
Cropland Values...
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September 30, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - October 2022
Photo Credit: Gil Gullickson
RLI Iowa Chapter Announces Results of September 2022 Land Trends and...
August 31, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - September 2022
Farmland values in the Midwest increase when no-till farming becomes more prevalent. Photo courtesy of...
July 29, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - August 2022
Photo Credit: Todd Fitchette, Western Farm Press
Profits, Buyer Demand Push Farmland Values to All-Time...
July 6, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - July 2022
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File
Iowa Farmland Values Soar
Farmland prices are soaring...
June 1, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - June 2022
Photo Credit: David Joles, Start Tribune-File
Farmland Values Setting Records
As commodity prices...
May 4, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - May 2022
Photo Credit: AgWeb
Survey Shows Increasing Land Values
The REALTORS® Land Institute - Iowa...
April 1, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - April 2022
Photo Credit: SeedWorld
Prices Being Paid for Illinois Farmland 'Unprecedented'
Unprecedented...
March 1, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - March 2022
Photo Credit: Isabel DeBre, AP
Biggest Rise in Midwest Land Values in Over a Decade
Agricultural...
February 1, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - February 2022
Photo Credit: Nathan Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Farmland values soaring in Iowa. How...
January 3, 2022
Land Investment Monthly - January 2022
Photo Credit: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg
Farmland Draws Investor Interest With Inflation Running Hot
The...
December 1, 2021
Do You Want to Own Dollars? Or Is Owning Acres a Better Investment Strategy?
The US economy has ventured into unprecedented territory. The value of many asset classes are at all-time...
December 1, 2021
Land Investment Monthly - December 2021
Photo Credit: DARRELL HOEMANN/INVESTIGATE MIDWEST
Farmland Sales Skyrocket
Farmland Values Eclipse...
