The Hobby and the Farm, Small Acreage Livestock Producers

The Hobby and the Farm, Small Acreage Livestock Producers

Today’s landscape of the “American Farmer” changed. We see large acreage owners that plant thousands of acres across America and large ranchers that operate large livestock operations, but we often forget the…

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LandThink Summit 2011

LandThink Summit 2011 Reviewed by Andy Gustafson

The LandThink Summit, a great one-day event held in Duluth, Ga. on September 29th brought together Timber Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Timber Investment Management Organizations (TIMOs)…

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Wood Bioenergy: Impacts on Timberland Investors from Biofuels Projects

Wood Bioenergy: Impacts on Timberland Investors from Biofuels Projects

Questions and comments regarding a study we published with the Schiamberg Group have focused on (1) why a given wood-using transportation fuel…

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Have Farmland Prices Risen Too Far, Too Fast?

Have Farmland Prices Risen Too Far, Too Fast?

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”

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Don’t Say it Can’t Go Any Higher!

Don’t Say it Can’t Go Any Higher!

The big news on farmland values this week was the $16,750 per acre price for Iowa farmland. Even more shocking was that it topped the previous high price of $15,368 an acre a whole week before in another part of the state.

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