Land Values Blogs
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.
October 5, 2023
Iowa Land Values Update - 2023 Quarter 3
Peoples Company tracks agricultural auctions across the state of Iowa. From this data, we calculate the average...
September 18, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 9/10/23-9/16/23
36 tracts with a total of 3,506-acres were offered at public auction in Iowa the week of September 10. The average...
September 11, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 9/3/23-9/9/23
39 tracts with a total of 3,570-acres were offered at public auction in Iowa the week of September 3. The average...
September 5, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 8/27/23-9/2/23
26 tracts with a total of 2,402-acres were offered at public auction in Iowa the week of August 27. The average...
September 5, 2023
Land Auction Results - August 2023
The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 88 tracts or 8,625 acres sell at public auction in Iowa...
August 28, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 8/20/23-8/26/23
14 tracts with a total of 1,533.22-acres were offered at public auction in Iowa the week of August 20. The average...
August 21, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 8/13/23-8/19/23
Iowa saw 21 tracts with a total of 2,183 acres sell at public auction the week of August 13, 2023. The average...
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August 14, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 8/6/23-8/12/23
Iowa saw 22 tracts sell at public auction August 6-12, 2023, with 1,477 acres changing hands. The average...
August 7, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 7/30/23-8/5/23
Iowa saw 19 tracts sell at public auction 7/31-8/5, 2023, with 1,927 acres changing hands. The average dollar per...
August 2, 2023
Land Auction Results - July 2023
The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 45 tracts or 4,948 acres sell at public auction in Iowa...
July 31, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 7/16/23-7/29/23
This week’s snapshot includes the weeks of July 16-22 and 23-29. These two weeks had 2,842 acres offered for...
July 20, 2023
What To Do With Gifts of Oil, Gas, and Minerals
When you receive gifts of oil, gas, and minerals, there are several options for what you can do with them. The...
July 17, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 7/9/23-7/15/23
The week of July 10 saw a reduced number of farms offered at public auction. In Iowa, only nine tracts were offered...
July 11, 2023
Weekly Auction Results: 7/2/23-7/8/23
Iowa Results
Tracts Sold: 10
Average $/Acre: $13,988
Average $/Tillable: $14,627
Average $/CSR2: $176
% Change from...
July 6, 2023
Iowa Land Values Update - 2023 Quarter 2
Peoples Company tracks agricultural auctions across the state of Iowa. From this data, we calculate the...
July 6, 2023
Land Auction Results - June 2023
The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 93 tracts or over 8,700 acres sell at public auction in...
July 1, 2023
Land Investment Monthly - July 2023
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June 26, 2023
Weekly Auction Results 6/18/23-6/24/23
June is closing out strong, with 19 tracts selling at public auction in Iowa, two in Illinois, 9 in Minnesota, 3 in...
June 19, 2023
Weekly Auction Results 6/11/23-6/17/23
It was another active week in auctions, with Iowa selling 19 tracts that met our 35+ acre threshold, and additional...
