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I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture Historical past Minute.
A farmland public sale normally attracts a good-sized crowd, however on a bitter, chilly February morning in 2025, temperatures exterior in central Iowa practically zero, a bunch so massive it was standing room solely. Why? They had been watching an Iowa farm change fingers for the primary time since 1882. Six-hundred-thirty-six (636) acres of prime farmland in Guthrie County, Iowa.
It was ultimately cut up into eight tracks, 5 patrons, a grand complete, 9 and a half million {dollars}.
All eight tracks had been offered to native farmers who knew that the land may not come up once more on the market for one more 140 years.
That’s at present’s American Agriculture Historical past Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for studying. I’ll see you subsequent time.
