On this week’s America’s Land Auctioneer Radio show, our hosts are Steve Link and Erika Stanley from Pifer’s Auction & Realty. They are joined by guests Kent Ellis and Abbey Messer. 

 Kent Ellis is the owner of LS Hydrocarbyl, LLC, is a partner in White Butte Resources, an oil and gas development company, and is co-owner of The Restoration Properties. Kent discusses how North Dakota education careers in tech education, with apprentices within the 2 and 4-year colleges, can prepare individuals to work in the Oil, Gas, Wind, Solar, etc. industries to set them up for success. He shares the importance of having transferable workforce skills and a fallback position or a skill trade like welding, machining, construction, etc is important to have if other jobs aren’t available.

 Kent Ellis provides some valuable insight into the future of the North Dakota workforce. He shares how needs are in precision agriculture and in energy including diesel techs, UAV operators, wind and solar, robotics, AI, and Automation.  He also discusses how many former residents are returning home after being gone and starting families. 

Abbey is a Pifer’s Real Estate Agent at Pifer’s Auction Center of North America in Steele, ND. She discusses the need for rural properties and farmsteads and the best way to sell them. Abbey also talks about the increase in rural property sales from 2018 and how interest rates affect the housing market. 

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On this week’s show, Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, and Steve Link, Pifer’s Real Estate Broker are joined by Jack Pifer. The three recap a volatile 2021 and how the shifting dynamics of the economy will likely affect agriculture in 2022.  

Will the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates sooner and more often negatively affect farmland values? Kevin Pifer and Steve Link offer their predictions on land value trends in 2022 and what sellers and buyers may expect.

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This week on The America’s Land Auctioneer Show we have a father/son duo discussion! Kevin and Jack Pifer, Pifer’s Drone Pilot and Auction Associate explore the best strategies and possibilities of purchasing and financing farmland.

The duo focus on what is the best type of farmland to buy and the prospect of farmland values in the future. Jack Pifer reminds us that this is a sellers’ market but buyers have attractive options at their disposal to make a farmland transaction a good long-term investment.

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by Randy Melvin and Jerry Melvin, farmers from Buffalo, North Dakota on the western edge of the Red River Valley. The Melvin's approach 2022 with continued optimism as American Agriculture faces many challenges and risks. The Melvin’s approach their farming practices with a long-term plan that includes risk management, crop rotation, financial sustainability and astute marketing.

The Melvin's emphasize soil health and crop diversification as two of the more important parts of the equation towards financial sustainability in farming. Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, has known the Melvins for 50 years and encourages his listeners to “Sit with the winners, the conversation is different. That is why I cherish my relationship with the Melvins.”

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Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, and Lynn Paulson, recap a dynamic year in American Agriculture.  Lynn Paulson, Senior Vice President and Director of Agri-business Development at Bell Bank, is a 40 year veteran in the banking industry.  The two analyze 2021 and what to expect in 2022.

Lynn Paulson offers suggestions on how to finance farmland in this red-hot farmland market.  Many factors favor both sellers and buyers of farmland but for the buyer it is prudent to access attractive, reasonably priced capital and manage interest rate risks during the term of the farmland loan.  Lynn Paulson explains how.


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Kevin Pifer, America’s Land Auctioneer, and Lynn Paulson, recap a dynamic year in American Agriculture.  Lynn Paulson, Senior Vice President and Director of Agri-business Development at Bell Bank, is a 40 year veteran in the banking industry.  The two analyze 2021 and what to expect in 2022.

Lynn Paulson offers suggestions on how to finance farmland in this red-hot farmland market.  Many factors favor both sellers and buyers of farmland but for the buyer it is prudent to access attractive, reasonably priced capital and manage interest rate risks during the term of the farmland loan.  Lynn Paulson explains how.


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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by co-host Jack Pifer, Pifer’s Drone Pilot and Equipment Auction Associate for Pifer’s Auctioneers.  Their guest this week is Emily Paul, Director of Sales and Marketing for Pulse USA in Bismarck, North Dakota.  Pulse USA, an employee-owned company, is a specialized seed company. Pifer’s and Pulse USA collaborated in 2021 on a food plot for wildlife in western North Dakota. The food plot featured 15 seed species, creating an incredible habitat, ecosystem, and food source for wildlife. 

 Emily Paul grew up on a farm in rural North Dakota which has helped give her the skills and passion she has for the agriculture industry. Emily and her staff at Pulse USA can custom design your seed planting strategy to maximize your objectives. This includes identifying the species that will best work for the landowners’ objectives.

Pulse USA consults with landowners to determine what seed varieties and species work best to achieve landowner objectives. Planning is an important part of the equation before planting. The custom seed blend Pulse USA provided to Pifer’s food plot in 2021 was a huge success resulting in providing incredible wildlife habitat and an ongoing food source for wildlife. Jack Pifer created a drone video of the project which you can view on www.pifers.com


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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined by co-host Jack Pifer, Pifer’s Drone Pilot and Equipment Auction Associate for Pifer’s Auctioneers.  Their guest this week is Emily Paul, Director of Sales and Marketing for Pulse USA in Bismarck, North Dakota.  Pulse USA, an employee-owned company, is a specialized seed company. Pifer’s and Pulse USA collaborated in 2021 on a food plot for wildlife in western North Dakota. The food plot featured 15 seed species, creating an incredible habitat, ecosystem, and food source for wildlife. 

 Emily Paul grew up on a farm in rural North Dakota which has helped give her the skills and passion she has for the agriculture industry. Emily and her staff at Pulse USA can custom design your seed planting strategy to maximize your objectives. This includes identifying the species that will best work for the landowners’ objectives.

Pulse USA consults with landowners to determine what seed varieties and species work best to achieve landowner objectives. Planning is an important part of the equation before planting. The custom seed blend Pulse USA provided to Pifer’s food plot in 2021 was a huge success resulting in providing incredible wildlife habitat and an ongoing food source for wildlife. Jack Pifer created a drone video of the project which you can view on www.pifers.com


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America's Land Auctioneer,  is joined by Matt Dakken, Consultant at Bison Ethanol Consulting. Matt specializes in the process that converts the starch in corn into fuel-grade ethanol. He primarily works to de-bottle neck and increase yields in the fermentation process. 

Mark is a 25 year veteran of the ethanol industry, which costumes billions of bushels of corn annually in the USA and provides farmers an excellent market for their corn. The ethanol industry according to Mark, has annually improved and become environmentally and economically more efficient. 

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America’s Land Auctioneer, is joined this week by seasoned veteran Larry O’Callaghan, Pifer’s foremost expert on capital gain tax deferred strategies.  Larry provides us with a broad overview of the current capital gain tax structure and compelling strategies to defer those capital gain taxes.

Steve Link, Pifer’s Real Estate Broker also joins the discussion. and the trio dive into the strategies Pifer’s clients have implemented over the years to defer capital gain taxes.  Steve Link and Larry O’Callaghan share examples of how Pifer’s has provided strategies and a road map for their clients to achieve incredible financial success.


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