On the Block: 3,379 acres of Farmland in Boone County, Illinois
November 9, 2011 by Land Report Editors
Filed under Auctions, Farming, Feature, Field Reporters, Illinois, Midwest
Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company will manage the sale of the 48 tracts, which total some 2,900 tillable acres. “It’s possible that we will have some large investors seeking to purchase substantial amounts of land, but local farmers and investors seeking 100 acres or less will have an equal chance to buy the land they want,” says R.D. Schrader.
Located five miles east of Rockford, the tracts range in size from 2± acres to more than 200 acres and will be available for the 2012 crop year.
Date: 10:00 a.m. central time, November 19, 2011
Location: Community Building Complex of Boone County
111 W. 1st Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Phone: (815) 547-3928
For more information:
Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company
(800) 451-2709
www.SchraderAuction.com
Federal Reserve Bullish on Great Plains
November 20, 2008 by Eric OKeefe
Filed under Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Field Reporters, Great Plains, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest

Farmland in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and parts of New Mexico jumped 20 percent in the third quarter of 2008, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City this week. Here are some of the reasons why. Read more













