Landwatch Weekly
Recent Farmland Sales in Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota and Wisconsin
Editor's Note: DTN's Landwatch Weekly column is a spin-off of Progressive Farmer's monthly column, highlighting the recent results of sales and auctions from across the country. Sales figures are provided by sources and may differ from what you see elsewhere due to rounding and averaging. If you would like to submit a sale for publication, please email a link to the sale, selling price and broker's contact information to landwatch@dtn.com.
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IOWA, Dallas County. A 351-acre farm sold at auction in three tracts for $3.7 million, or an average of $11,033 per acre. The property includes a 158-acre parcel with a soil productivity rating of 83.3 on 113 total cropland acres. The tract has 60 corn base acres with a Price Loss Coverage yield of 158 bushels per acre, 35 soybean base acres with a PLC yield of 42 bushels, along with 15 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program. The farm also includes a 112-acre parcel with 57 corn base acres and a yield of 158, as well as 50 soybean base acres and a yield of 42. An 81-acre tract has a soil productivity index of 88.4.
Link to the listing: https://www.hertz.ag/…
Contact Chris Smith, Hertz Real Estate Services; 515-382-7950; chriss@hertz.ag.
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MISSOURI, Pettis County. A 96-acre farm sold in an online auction for $678,476, or $7,100 per acre. The property is 86% tillable with a soil productivity index of 67.1. The farm includes wildlife habitat, whitetail deer and turkey hunting opportunities.
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Link to the listing: https://www.bigiron.com/…
Contact Arlyn Swartzentruber, Big Iron; 660-287-2079; contact@bigironrealty.com.
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NORTH DAKOTA, Kidder County. A 160-acre farm sold in an online auction for $528,000, or $3,300 per acre. The property is currently used for hay; the land has a soil productivity index of 39.9 and supports habitat for waterfowl, upland birds and white-tailed deer. The farm sits in the prairie pothole region and has no U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service easements on the property. The land is available to farm in 2027.
Link to the listing: https://land.pifers.com/…
Contact Darin Peterson, Pifer's; 701-220-5396; darin@pifers.com.
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WISCONSIN, Dane County. An 82-acre farm sold at auction for $1.1 million, or $13,125 per acre. The property includes 76 tillable acres in crop production, with a soil productivity index of 77.8. The farm includes 6 acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program until 2033, with an annual payment of $1,227.
Link to the listing: https://www.georgeauction.com/…
Contact Dean George, George Auction Service and Real Estate; 608-882-6123; deangeorge@litewire.net.
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-These sales figures are provided by the sources and may not be exact because of rounding.
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