Landwatch

Farmland Sales Report

Victoria G Myers
By  Victoria G. Myers , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
Average per acre sales in this month’s Landwatch column ranged from a low of $1,000 to a high of $9,224. (Photo by The Progressive Farmer)

Delaware / Maryland, Kent/Caroline counties. A property totaling 332 acres, with 230 dryland tillable acres, sold for $1.25 million. Per-acre price for the sale ranged from $1,900 for woodland to $4,600 for tillable land. Average across the entire farm is $3,765. The farm produced corn, soybeans and wheat in rotation. Buyers were investor/operators. Contact: Bob Rich, SVN Miller Commercial Real Estate; bob.rich@SVN.com; 410-200-6625

www.bobrichdelmarva.com

Kansas, Rooks County. Five tracts of cropland and grassland totaling 930 acres sold for $930,000, an average of $1,000 per acre. The property included bases in wheat and grain sorghum. Crops were subject to a cash lease, with tenant retaining the 2018 wheat crop. Contact: Lance Wolters, Farm and Ranch Realty Inc.; info@frrmail.com; 800-247-7863

www.farmandranchrealty.com

Kentucky, Washington County. A family farm totaling 76.86 acres sold at auction for $335,262. Per-acre price averaged $4,362. The farm included 50 tillable acres. Contact: Chris Bishop or David Bishop, Bishop Realty and Auction LLC; dbrealty@bishsells.com; 502-252-5528

www.bishsells.com

Louisiana, West Carroll Parish. Irrigated, leveled farm totaling 335 acres, 302 tillable, sold for $1.25 million. Average per-acre price was $3,731. Soils were light Class I and II Macon Ridge silt loam. Four irrigation wells were included. Contact: Carroll Fields, BrokerSouth Ag Investments; carroll.fields@gmail.com; 318-348-0481
www.brokersouthag.com

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Indiana, Tippecanoe County. A total of 116 acres, 108 of them tillable, sold to a local farmer for $1.07 million. Average per-acre price was $9,224. Contact: Johnny Klemme, Geswein Farm and Land; johnny.klemme@gmail.com; 765-427-1619 www.edgeswein.com

Minnesota, Marshall County. Two parcels of cropland totaling 240 acres sold at auction to a single buyer for $624,000. Per-acre price averaged $2,600. The property was under lease with two years remaining on the agreement. Contact: Lindsey Brown, Pifer’s Land Auctions; lbrown@pifers.com; 701-371-5538

www.pifers.com

North Dakota, Sioux County. Two parcels of land totaling 579.82 acres sold at auction to a single buyer for $917,122. Per-acre price averaged $1,581. The property included crop-, pasture- and hunting land with crop bases for wheat and corn. Contact: Bob Pifer, Pifer’s Land Auctions; bob@pifers.com; 701-371-8538

www.pifers.com

Oklahoma, Garfield County. A 160-acre farm, including row crops and pasture, sold at auction for $270,000, or $1,687 per acre. Property included two spring-fed ponds and trees, with well-maintained terraces and waterways. Contact: Rodney Timm, Lippard Auctioneers Inc.; rodney@lippardauctions.com; 580-548-6652

www.lippardauctions.com

South Dakota, Campbell County. Excellent pasture totaling 1,458.72 acres sold at auction to one buyer for $1.53 million. Average per-acre price was $1,049. The property includes water sources throughout and is a prime wildlife habitat area. Contact: Bob Pifer, Pifer’s Land Auctions; bob@pifers.com; 701-371-8538

www.pifers.com

Tennessee, Montgomery County. A diverse rural property, including 326 acres of cropland, pasture and timber, sold for $1.9 million, or an average of $5,828 per acre. Buyer was the county government with plans to use the property as a training center. Contact: Jimmy Settle, Century 21 Platinum Properties; settle.land@gmail.com; 931-771-9072

www.jimmysettleland.com

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Victoria Myers