Land Sale of the Week: $8,300/acre in Central Iowa

By Mike Walsten

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November 17, 2020 09:35 PM

July 20 saw the auction of 67 acres in Boone County, Iowa, bring $8,300 an acre. The farm was located 1.5 miles southwest of Boxholm. It featured 65.4 tillable acres and carried a CSR2 of 81.4 versus the county average cropland CSR2 of 81.1.

Handling the auction was Matt Adams, Peoples Company, Clive, Iowa, 515-423-9235.

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