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Dale Fladeboe talks about his horse drawn wagon accident this past Labor Day. Dale has made a full recovery and we are so grateful to have just celebrated his 74th birthday.

Over the past six years there has been a lot of articles written on farmland as a possible investment. Why, because farmland has had incredible profit margins as of late and what once was just considered a piece of ground is now looked at as black gold. There a number of factors that affect the value of tillable farmland. Growing …

Minnesota Farm Bureau hosted “Day on the Hill” at the MN State Capital in early April.  I attended with several others from our area as we met with four government officials including Lyle Koenen, Dave Baker, Tim Miller and Paul Torkelson.  Our main topic of conversation was the issue of rising property taxes.  From 2001-2014 property taxes have risen 85.47% …

One of the great blessings for me in life is to get away from the fast lane and drive tractor on our family farm North of Willmar. Farming around 500 acres we still enjoy using some of the old tractors with the new (see pic of the JD 70 alongside our Case IH 215 Magnum). As I was digging for …

As owners and potential sellers, families always wonder when is the moment when the market is at a peak, that they will receive “top dollar” for their land. The truth of the matter is that no one knows for sure when the market will peak, when it will level off, or when it will fall. Many families are finding a …

We have a confession to make – we are spending a lot of time in the land business working in the Twin Cities! These days it is nearly as likely to see us at a Starbucks in downtown Minneapolis as seeing us meeting with a family in the town of Starbuck, in the heart of rich Minnesota farm country in …