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Farm Lease Considerations for Iowa Landowners: Short-Term vs. Long-Term
Owning farmland involves a balancing act: maximizing your return while maintaining a strong, fair relationship with your tenant. There’s no universal formula that works for every Iowa landowner. But understanding the advantages and trade-offs...
Celebrating 65 Years of Iowa Farm Management: A Legacy of Land Stewardship
Managing farmland isn’t about chasing short-term gains. It’s about preserving and improving your land for the long term. For 65 years, Sunderman Farm Management Company has helped Iowa landowners do exactly that. Since 1961, when Roger Sunderman...
57 Years of Farm Management Tips from Brian Larson of Sunderman Farm Management
57 Years of Farm Management Tips from Brian Larson of Sunderman Farm Management What does it take to build a lasting career in farm management? For Brian Larson, the answer is 57 years in the making. Brian, now 87, joined Sunderman Farm Management...
Farm Lease Considerations for Iowa Landowners: Short-Term vs. Long-Term
Owning farmland involves a balancing act: maximizing your return while maintaining a strong, fair relationship with your tenant. There’s no universal formula that works for every Iowa landowner. But understanding the advantages and trade-offs between short-term and...
Celebrating 65 Years of Iowa Farm Management: A Legacy of Land Stewardship
Managing farmland isn’t about chasing short-term gains. It’s about preserving and improving your land for the long term. For 65 years, Sunderman Farm Management Company has helped Iowa landowners do exactly that. Since 1961, when Roger Sunderman founded the...
57 Years of Farm Management Tips from Brian Larson of Sunderman Farm Management
57 Years of Farm Management Tips from Brian Larson of Sunderman Farm Management What does it take to build a lasting career in farm management? For Brian Larson, the answer is 57 years in the making. Brian, now 87, joined Sunderman Farm Management Co. in Fort...
Incorporate More Conservation, One Step at a Time
Why Small Conservation Steps Matter Finding the Balance Between Strip‑Till and No‑TillWhen you are looking for ways to manage farmland more efficiently and profitably, the most sustainable changes often happen one small step at a time. Each new conservation...
Celebrating an Iowa Century Farm
Iowa Century Farm Traces Its Legacy Across Six Generations An Iowa Century Farm is more than a designation; it is a living record of family, resilience, and stewardship of the land. For farm manager Brittany Decker, her family’s Century Farm in northern Iowa...
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025 What Northern Iowa Landowners Should Know Heading into 2026 Despite economic headwinds, Iowa farmland values remained steady in 2025, supported by limited land availability and consistent demand from farmers and investors. For...
Optimize Your Least Productive Acres
Do you have environmentally sensitive land? If so, have you ever thought about devoting it to a certain conservation practice through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)? CRP participants determine long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved...
Investing in Drainage Could Mean More Money in Your Pocket
Drainage offers more than just better production, profitability and timeliness of planting and harvesting. Investing in tile, for example, can increase the value in your property and here’s why.
Optimize Your Least Productive Acres
Do you have environmentally sensitive land? If so, have you ever thought about devoting it to a certain conservation practice through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)?
Now’s the Time for Seeding Cover Crops
FORT DODGE – A potentially early harvest could provide for a wider window of opportunity for getting a cover crop stand established before frost.
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