Farmland Forecast: Recent Comments

Comment on Iowa County farmland reaches $6,400 threshhold

Marlene — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:36:38 GMT

I like Fred Stiefel's comment: “Historically, land has always been a good investment,” he said. “It’s the most valuable commodity there is.”

Comment on Why invest in farmland?

Walnut Jail — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:58:20 GMT

I'll invest in anything that will make me money, farm land included.

Comment on Picture of the Week: Turbines and Trailers

B Custen — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:13:50 GMT

Wind turbines are fine unless the developers want to construct them on your land. I don't want to farm around them, hear their noice, have them shade my crops, or watch their blinking lights all night long.

Comment on Farmland Buying Season Upon Us

RICHARD WEIGAND — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:25 GMT

Great concise information

Comment on The Forum: Why Invest in Farmland?

jamesCA — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:46:14 GMT

“We target farmland with a high amount of tillable acre, quality soils, good drainage, and the ability to produce at least a 5% return,” he explained.

My concern is that overtime quality of soils can degraded depending how well farmers taking care of the soil and what fertilizers and the land might lose its potential. Good info btw

Comment on Corn Ready for Harvest in McPherson County, SD

Farmland Forecast — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:14:47 GMT

Yes and the rest of the West group.

Comment on Why invest in farmland?

seoweb2 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:21:46 GMT

Really enjoyed reading your content regularly! Nice blog! I love it!

Comment on Maximizing Yields With Fertilizer

Steve — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:19:52 GMT

This was my first year to use liquid nitrogen fertilizer. But my control valve didn't spray consistently. Has anyone ever replaced their teejet valve themselves? Is this difficult? I know I need a new one before next season so I don't waste as much product.

Comment on Picture of the week: Corn emerging in Minnesota

rebecca — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:16:12 GMT

i think if they actually showed the corn grown that it would be better!

Comment on China Driving Corn Prices in 2011

DM — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:25:20 GMT

Interesting - the current price of corn is up to 654 cents per bushel

http://www.cornmarketprice.com