Landwatch Weekly
Recent Farmland Sales in Indiana, North Dakota, South 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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INDIANA, Huntington County. A 383-acre farm was sold at auction in 10 tracts for $5.5 million, or $14,360 an acre. The farm is divided into parcels of 41, 40, 26, 30, 59, 32, 31, 64, 40 and 20 acres. The property has an overall soil productivity index of 148.3, with corn yields ranging from 219 bushels per acre to 246.5 bushels per acre. The farm also includes soybean yields ranging from 59.3 to 63.3 bushels per acre.
Link to the listing: https://www.schraderauction.com/…
Contact Luke Schrader, Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc.; 260-229-7089; https://www.schraderauction.com/….
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NORTH DAKOTA, Pembina County. A 354-acre farm sold in two parcels at auction for $2.9 million, or an average of $8,400 an acre. The farm has a history of sugar beets, corn, wheat, dry edible beans and soybeans production. A 194-acre tract has a soil productivity index of 57.6 on 188 crop acres. The second 160-acre parcel has a soil productivity index of 68.1 on 158 crop acres.
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Link to the listing: https://pifers.com/…
Contact Bob Pifer, Pifer's; 701-371-8538; bob@pifers.com.
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SOUTH DAKOTA, Spink County. A 1,520-acre farm sold in an online auction in seven parcels for $7.5 million, or an average of $4,939 an acre. A 560-acre cropland and recreational tract includes 141 cropland acres with a soil productivity index of 52.2, selling for $2.8 million. The remainder of the farm was divided into six equal parcels of 160 acres, including one tract with a soil productivity index of 79.3 that is 67% tillable, and another tract with a soil productivity index of 72.4. The farm includes no U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service easements.
Link to the listing: https://steffes-website-production.azurewebsites.net/…
Contact Martin Peterson, Steffes Auctioneers; 320-905-5325; martin.peterson@steffesgroup.com.
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WISCONSIN, Dane County. A 606-acre farm sold at auction in 11 tracts for $6.6 million, or an average of $11,163 per acre. The property includes a parcel of 109 acres of cropland and recreational land with a soil productivity index of 71.9 and 82% tillable. The farm is also divided into tracts of 70, 58, 35, 34, 38, 34, 43, 55, 43 and 87 acres. The farm features recreational opportunities as well, bordering the Badfish Creek Wildlife area, which is a public land holding of about 1,150 acres. The soil productivity indexes on this farm range from 18.8 to 79.8.
Link to the listing: https://peoplescompany.com/…
Contact Adam Crist, Peoples Company Integrated Land Solutions; 608-482-1229; Adam.Crist@PeoplesCompany.com.
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-These sales figures are provided by the sources and may not be exact because of rounding.
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