Let’s face it, sometimes the most creative thinking that I achieve in a day is deciding how to jazz up my black cup of coffee in the morning. The pressures of production and keeping up with life’s daily tasks tend to prioritize over-thinking about innovating. Continue Reading

Whether you are perusing the local listings of lots and land for sale or navigating a realtor’s website, you will find that the listings all include the size of the plot or farm defined in acres. This number could potentially be confusing for you especially if you have little or no background in farming or ranching. Continue Reading

Financial security is a goal that everyone wishes to reach, and there are certainly many ways to achieve that goal. Buying and owning real estate is one of the most exciting as well as profitable strategies to obtain that much sought after lucrative return on your investment. Continue Reading

Few decisions are more consequential than the decision to sell your large land parcel or ranch. These valuable parcels of land come in all sizes and might include but are not limited to land used for hunting, hay and cattle production, fishing and recreation, high fenced exotics, vineyards, and working ranches or farms. Continue Reading

Winter fades, and the snow melts unveiling the bare earth beneath. The death-stricken branches start to warm with the kiss of sunshine and promise life through the budding envelopes of leaves everywhere. Turning the corner into spring means it is time to brand, fertilize, seed, and spray, all of which seems to eagerly come crashing down on us all at once. Continue Reading

Your farm or ranch represents your life’s work. It can be hard to put it up for sale, even when you and our family are ready to retire. Now that you have made that decision to sell, you need to be sure you do it the smart way, preserving the equity you’ve built and securing a solid financial future for you and your family. Continue Reading

The farmland market was level to slightly higher in 2018 despite another year of low profit margins for farmers, rising interest rates, and global economic uncertainty. Overall, however, farmland values continue to trend slightly higher as interest from farmers who saved in the years when they had a better income and investors continue to provide support. Continue Reading