Peoples Perspective

July 23, 2025

California Farmland – A Buyer’…

For investors with conviction in well-developed agricultural investment strategies, a disciplined approach, and an ability to truly hold for the long-term, the opportunity to assemble a high-quality California farm portf…

July 18, 2025

Peoples Company Launches Farml…

As America faces a massive farmland transition, Peoples Company releases a powerful play, video, and guide to help landowners navigate inheritance and preserve their legacy.

July 17, 2025

Specialized Asset Consideratio…

While farmland value is primarily driven by land quality, water rights, and production potential, agribusiness assets are valued based on operational efficiency and EBITDA performance, with technology, processing capacit…

July 10, 2025

From Cornfields to Coastlines:…

I was raised outside Boulder, Colorado, near the mountains but far removed from large-scale production agriculture. Still, I developed a passion for the agricultural industry early on—riding horses and raising livestock …

July 7, 2025

Land Auction Results | June 20…

The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 62 tracts or 5,934 acres sold at public auction in Iowa during June 2025. The average dollar per acre was $11,129, the average dollar per tillable acre was $13,003,…

July 7, 2025

Iowa Land Values Update | 2025…

Peoples Company tracks agricultural auctions across the state of Iowa. From this data, we calculate the average dollar per CSR2 point ($/CSR2) for sales of tracts with greater than 85% tillable land. Additionally, these …

June 30, 2025

Maximizing Farmland Value: Sol…

As solar energy expands across rural America, landowners are increasingly receiving enticing offers to lease their land for solar development.

June 27, 2025

Unclaimed Royalties: How to Se…

If you or your organization owns mineral rights—whether inherited, gifted, or acquired—there’s a chance you could be missing out on revenue that’s rightfully yours. Over time, oil and gas royalties can become “unclaimed”…

June 25, 2025

Why the Whole Farm May Be Wort…

In farm and rural real estate appraisal, it is essential to understand that the aggregated value of a property is not always equal to the disaggregated value of its parts.

June 19, 2025

Crop Insurance - A Quick Updat…

Commodity markets have not been kind to agricultural producers and landowners so far in 2025.

June 16, 2025

WEBINAR | The Power of Energy …

Peoples Company Energy Management hosted a webinar on Thursday, June 26, 2025, with special guest speakers Ethan McMillan, Attorney at Law, Kevin Boone, Co-Founder of Dixie Lake Royalty, and Charlus Bishop, Founder of Mi…

June 12, 2025

Peoples Company Completes 2025…

Peoples Company enrolls all managed acres in the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard, a comprehensive and adaptable framework applicable to all crop types and regions across the United States.

June 10, 2025

An Eye on the Land: Land Invad…

Land is always changing - sometimes quickly, sometimes gradually. Rapid changes come in the form of mudslides, large flooding events, or even wildfires that strip the land. Slower changes, on the other hand, start subtly…

June 5, 2025

Drill, Baby, Drill — Not So Fa…

Despite strong political support for domestic production, rig counts are falling, not rising.

June 2, 2025

Land Auction Results | May 202…

The appraisal team at Peoples Company was able to track 28 tracts or 2,007 acres sold at public auction in Iowa during May 2025. The average dollar per acre was $9,289, the average dollar per tillable acre was $11,895, a…

May 28, 2025

How Peoples Company Maximized …

Terraform Tillage is an agricultural technology company specializing in precision soil compaction analysis. Our innovative SmartProbe System helps farmers and land managers pinpoint exactly where—and how deeply—soil comp…

May 21, 2025

Landowner Insights Webinar | M…

In the latest edition of the Landowner Insights series, Dr. Dave Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets is joined by Brian Klippenstein, Consultant at Missouri Water Center, Ambassador Gregg Doud, President & CEO of…

May 20, 2025

Natural Gas Prices in the U.S.…

Natural gas prices in the U.S. started 2025 with unexpected strength, surprising analysts who had predicted a weaker market due to soft industrial demand and high storage levels.

May 16, 2025

How Columbia Basin Farmers Sav…

Farmers and communities east of Moses Lake and north of Warden, in Washington State’s Grant and Adams counties, are on the verge of a significant shift in how they access and use water.

May 9, 2025

2025 Delta Agricultural Outloo…

The 2025 farming season in the Delta region is proving to be one of the most difficult in recent years - and that is saying something. Landowners across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas are watching their tenants shi…