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With good financial/estate planning early on, having to sell the farm to pay taxes can probably be avoided (assuming that's the goal).

Block work well too? I have only ever used loose minerals. One work better than the other or about the same?

Holding a little precious metals should someone be inclined to isn't a bad thing but I'd certainly keep it under 10% of holdings. Personally, I don't put much towards it. It's a speculative asset class for the most part which makes it hard to value in the same way you can income producing assets...

The current land prices definitely seem unsustainable. Money supply is falling; growth, assets, and inflation should all weaken. There is usually a one to two year lag on money supply changes and impact on assets and inflation. Real Estate isn't necessarily a poor investment when the money...

...also found 0 in and around standing beans today (Polk County). So far I've only had pics of one or two shed bucks in Ringgold.

This article seems to suggest that $5M is the first pool of capital being used to buy "farms". So not sure if the $5M for one 104 acre farm that's being reported is accurate...

Exactly! On my Ringgold lease at best the ratio is 1 doe to 1 buck and honestly I think there might be more bucks than does. My wife and I had tags but after seeing the numbers this year we purposely didn't take any off the farm because the numbers we were seeing didn't suggest we should take...

Caught them on camera pushing one of my farms but wasn't able to identify them. Too bad because I'd love to catch them just one time.

Had big wolves move into my whitetail grounds in WA state. They did a number on the herd in a couple of years….still hasn’t recovered.

Here's video of the coyotes I mentioned above chasing (video 1) and taking down (video 2) the fawn.

Welcome - Moved here in 2020. You're going to love it!

Had a group of 6 coyotes take down a fawn in front of me this morning. Managed to get some cell video of it. This is the second deer that I know has been killed on this farm by them in the past month. I see them running deer regularly. I watched this hunt go on for 15 minutes and I will say they...

Great stuff in this thread. Thanks for starting it.

I have a few friends that have been running their companies like this for a few years and so far it hasn’t been a problem. One had to mandate 3 weeks off minimum for everyone in addition because so many people were not taking enough time off.

Thank you! Much appreciated. It was a very rewarding career but after 24 years I'm definitely loving that I don't have to leave my family as often. We are loving all aspects of living in Iowa. It's a great place to be!

Very rare. That’s why I was asking about 160+

I have only been here a couple years but like you mentioned finding a 160+ definitely hasn’t been a problem.

Definitely hard to beat. Love living in Iowa!

Two seasons since I retired from the Air Force and moved to Iowa. I don't even have pictures of the biggest ones I have seen. No regrets!