Land Management Blogs
April 20, 2020
Farm Showcase: Peoples Company Land Manager’s Work on the Ground
With another growing season underway, Peoples Company Land Managers are busy tackling farm improvement...
March 31, 2020
Checking in on 2019 Cover Crops
Spring is around the corner with most of the Midwest now awake from the long winter. Now is a good time...
March 3, 2020
Landowner 101: Crop Insurance
Photo: Central Iowa farmland affected by excessive spring rains spring 2018.
As the 2020 growing season...
February 3, 2020
How (And Why) Peoples Company Land Managers Use CRP
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the enrollment period for the 2020 Conservation...
January 7, 2020
Farmland Ownership: Making Plans for the Future
The following is an excerpt from Your Farmland and the Future: Setting Goals, Taking Action, written by...
December 3, 2019
Difficult Decisions: ARC or PLC?
While depressed commodity markets continue to cause concerns for farm balance sheets, there are still...
October 29, 2019
Wetland Mitigation Banks: Opportunity for Maximizing A Farm’s Potential
One of the ways Peoples Company stands out as an industry leader is our vast network of connections. ...
October 4, 2019
Cover Crops: The Answer to our Water (and farming) Woes
Article originally appeared in Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa on 9/22/19
Everyone agrees that our...
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August 30, 2019
Thinking Ahead: 2020 Farm Leases
While the 2019 crop has yet to be harvested, now is the time to begin considering 2020 farm...
July 28, 2019
Still Time to Plan for Cover Crops 2019
image: blogs/Rye cover crop coming up between corn rows in October. Seed was flown on in early...
July 26, 2019
2019 MFP Payment Details Released by USDA
July 25, 2019 – USDA has released details regarding the 2019 distribution of Market Facilitation Program (MFP)...
July 16, 2019
Farm Tours: Field Borders
As Peoples Company Land Managers complete mid-summer farm tours, they are visiting farms to assess crop...
July 1, 2019
Fertility: Your Farmland's Asset
For most landowners, the most valuable asset is their land. They are proud of their property, the crops grown on it,...
May 31, 2019
A Case for Phased Conservation
Wouldn’t it be great if we could take every farm and fix all conservation concerns in one year? A...
May 30, 2019
2019 Prevent Plant: 3 Considerations Before Parking the Planter
As the Midwest is in the final week of May, many operators are still left at the field gate waiting to get a crop in...
April 24, 2019
Introducing AgYield Farm Revenue Management
Peoples Company Land Management Division has recently partnered with AgYield Farm Revenue Management, a...
April 2, 2019
Spring Conditions and Delayed Field Work
Most Midwest farmers agree that Fall 2018 did not offer many opportunities for working ahead. Frequent rains,...
March 1, 2019
A Case for Custom Farming in Southern Iowa
In this current low-priced commodity environment, I’m often asked if custom farming makes sense versus the...
February 4, 2019
Farmland Ownership and Wind Energy
With a few searches online, it is easy to get a taste of the contentious issue of wind turbines. But in...
January 2, 2019
Three Approaches to 2019 Cash Rent
Many landowners and operators have put off settling on farm cash rent rates for 2019. The...
