Why You Can’t Afford to Miss the 2023 Top Producer Summit

U.S. farmland values have jumped 23% in the past two years.

“Every time I think it’s a peak, we get a new record,” says Jim Rothermich, vice president of Iowa Appraisal. “Those $20,000-per-acre sales used to only happen in northwest Iowa. Now they can happen anywhere.”

How did this happen? What will the future hold? Let’s jump into the questions driving your most valuable asset.

Sara Schafer
SSchafer@farmjournal.com
@TopProducer

Promote Bs to As: Invest in Your Employees Who Have High Potential

Managers tend to focus on two groups: the overachievers and the underachievers. As a result, you neglect the employees who could become high performers — aka the B players.

Survey Results: Ag Lenders Share Profitability Forecasts, Top Concerns and More

In just a few years the farm financial pendulum swung from shaky to stable, according to the 2022 Agricultural Lender Survey report by the American Bankers Association and Farmer Mac.

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