Dairy Herd

Record-Breaking Sale: Iowa Farmland Sets New State Record of $32,000 Per Acre

Sioux County’s $32,000-per-acre Dec. 1 sale not only sets an Iowa record with a farmer buyer, but according to Jim Rothermich ...
Des Moines Register

Bill would limit Iowa DNR's ability to buy land at auction. But will it advance?

Bills in the Iowa House and Senate would limit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from buying land at auction with some exceptions. The House bill failed to advance out of committee on Tuesday, ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa DNR would be barred from bidding on land at auction under bill advancing in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be forbidden from bidding on land at auction under a bill in the Iowa Legislature that faces opposition from conservation groups. Senate File 2324 would ...
The Gazette

Lawmakers hit brakes on bill to ban Iowa DNR from buying land at auction

Paint Creek flows through the Yellow River State Forest in Allamakee County. A bill that would limit the authority of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to purchase land for public use was ...
Iowa Public Radio

As farmers face falling incomes, are land prices next?

Auctioneer Randy Stabe leads the largest land auction of his career Sept. 17 - 18 at the Hinton Community Center in northwest Iowa. Iowa farmers are seeing a drop in their income. Economists say one ...