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Land Management Blogs

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...
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...

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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...
December 4, 2018

Landowner and Farm Operator: Shared Investment for Shared Benefit

Post-harvest through the end of the year, Peoples Company Land Managers are meeting with farm operators to review...
November 2, 2018

Let’s ditch the poor management

As a landowner, do you know what to look for on your farm when it comes to good stewardship practices?  And more...
October 17, 2018

Successful Strategies: The True Cost of Storing Grain

Corn moisture levels need to be 15% for 6 months of storage, 14% until next harvest, and 13% for storage over a year. Soybean moisture levels need to be even lower for safe storage, with 13% moisture for winter storage and 11% for 6 plus months of storage.
October 12, 2018

Precipitation continues, Crop conditions deteriorate

Photo credit: Iowa Soybean Association   This year has been a roller coaster year for many Midwest farmers:...
October 9, 2018

Peoples Company Land Manager Earns Highest Professional Status

Mollie Aronowitz becomes one of only seven female Accredited Farm Managers in the country and the only female AFM in the state of Iowa
October 2, 2018

Peoples Company, Stine Seed partner to offer a paid-in-full cover crop program to land owners

Program will demonstrate it’s possible to simultaneously protect the environment, maximize yields and improve overall return on investment