This week in the studio, Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, sits down with Jim Sabe from Pifer’s Western North Dakota office. The two experts dive deep into what it takes to have a successful equipment and land auction, how to manage capital gains taxes on the sale of farmland,  and they discuss the upcoming Auction Calendar from Pifer’s!

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On this week's show, Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Jim Sabe. Jim is Pifer’s pillar in western North Dakota with decades of farmland and equipment sales experience. Jim updates America’s Land Auctioneer on spring planting throughout the region and offers his personal experience in farming. 

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by North Dakota farmers Gerald Melvin and Randy Melvin from Buffalo, North Dakota.  Randy Melvin explains the benefits of Federal Crop Insurance and explains why farmers would much rather plant and harvest a crop than rely on the Preventative Planting Provision of Federal Crop Insurance. 
The Melvin's own and manage a diversified crop farm on the western edge of the Red River Valley and give insight into their management philosophy that allows them to manage their farm rather than allowing the farm to manage them.

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Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Pifer’s experienced team of Andy Mrnak, Steve Link and Ben Tilberg. These three agriculture veterans provide ‘boots’ on the ground updates on 2022 spring planting in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Interestingly, they provide their own perspective on the positive things transpiring in American Agricultures.  You will enjoy their conversation today with America’s Land Auctioneer.

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Brad Qualley, Pifer’s Real Estate Agent in greater Phoenix area and Bob Pifer, Pifer’s Broker of Real Estate in Arizona.  Bob and Brad bring extensive experience in the Arizona real estate market and walk potential buyers through the process of buying property in Arizona.

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 America’s Land Auctioneer is joined by Chris Berg, host of the Chris Berg Show.  Also joining the show are Steve Link, Real Estate Broker for Pifer’s and Dwight Hofland, Vice President of Farmland Management at Pifer’s.  Berg explains how Blockchain and cryptocurrency are providing unique opportunities in the real estate market.

Chris Berg discusses Agri-Tokens, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain and their influence on the commercial real estate market and how they potentially could affect investments and divestments in farmland.

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Dr. Frayne Olson, Crop Economist/Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension and Director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives.  Dr. Olson highlights the economic outlook for the corn and soybean market in 2022.

 America’s Land Auctioneer, is also joined by Dwight Hofland, Pifer’s Vice President of Farmland Management, and Steve Link, Real Estate Broker for Pifer’s.  Hofland and Link provide updates on current farmland values and farmland rent values.  Link and Hofland also answer questions from listeners.

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America’s Land Auctioneer,  is joined by Dr. Frayne Olson, Crop Economist / Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota Extension Service and Director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives on the campus of North Dakota State University.  Dr. Olson conducts educational programs and research in evaluating crop marketing strategies, crop outlook and price analysis, and the economics of crop contracting.  Dr. Olson explains the three factors that cause inflation:  cost push, demand pull and money supply.  American agricultural commodities have seen sharp increases recently but the cost push portion of inflation, particularly fertilizer and fuel, have caused enormous pressure on the bottom line for the American farmer.  Fertilizer costs alone have increased 50 percent in one year!!

 Dr. Frayne Olson and America’s Land Auctioneer provide valuable insight into the Domestic and Global commodity markets and what the pandemic has done to disrupt the supply chain for input costs in American Agriculture.  Dr. Olson also provides insight into what affect the Russian Invasion of Ukraine has on current global commodities supplies including wheat and corn.

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Roger Jaeger, landowner and farmer from Benson County, North Dakota near Esmond.  Roger is the former Executive Vice President of Red River Commodities in Fargo, North Dakota.  Roger shares his experiences as a farmer and marketer of value added agricultural products. America’s Land Auctioneer asks Roger, who has decades of experience in agriculture, what he would do different and what advice he has for younger people in agriculture.  Get the answer here!!!

 Lynn Paulson joins  to give his take on the state of affairs of agriculture going into the 2022 planting season.  Lynn is the Vice President of Ag Development for Bell Bank.

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America’s Land Auctioneer,  is joined by Amity Technologies CEO Howard Dahl.  Howard has traveled to Russia and Ukraine nearly 100 times in his illustrious career as a farm implement manufacturer.  Howard provides an   What does this mean for the 2022 Ukrainian farmers and crops they plant and harvest?  What does it mean to US farmers and ranchers?

Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket, but Russian shells have reached deep into the fertile plains of Ukraine paralyzing planting and harvest and causing major distributions of food, fuel, and fertilizer.  Howard Dahl, President of Amity Technologies, shares his experiences in Ukraine and Russian and what he hears from his friends and customers in Ukraine.

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