michaellauherJun 20, 20225 min readWho are the biggest absentee landowners in Illinois?Reprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in May 2022. It was a cold January day in 2021 when Eric O’Keefe,...
michaellauherJun 13, 20224 min readIs farmland set to deflate?Reprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in March 2022. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released its...
michaellauherJun 5, 20223 min readOnline land auctions enter new role in marketReprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in February 2022. They say necessity is the mother of invention, and...
michaellauherFeb 4, 20222 min readLittle Movement in CarbonReprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in January 2022. About a year ago, we talked carbon credit payments...
michaellauherDec 13, 20213 min readTop 5 tech tools farm managers want farmers to useReprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in November 2021. Technology has changed since I started in farm...
michaellauherDec 6, 20212 min readIllinois hemp production: Up in smoke?Reprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in October 2021. In 2018, Rolling Meadows Farm Brewery, a...
michaellauherNov 29, 20213 min readCarbon credits: Pay farmers or landowners?Reprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in May 2021. It has been often said, and rightly so, that farmers...
michaellauherNov 22, 20213 min readHow to farm social media — and stay out of troubleReprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in February 2021. So you’re on social media. Sure, you’ve been on...
michaellauherNov 15, 20213 min readWill the internet replace farm managers?Reprinted with permission from an article I wrote for Prairie Farmer in January 2021 “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about...
michaellauherNov 8, 20213 min readHow COVID-19 has affected farmland and farmingReprinted with permission from an article I wrote in Prairie Farmer in December 2020. Professional farm managers and appraisers have...
