Matt Vegter, ALC, Recognized as the RLI APEX Region 7 Broker of the Year in Residential Land Sales

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March 21, 2025 (Nevada, IA) – Hertz Farm Management is proud to announce that Matt Vegter, ALC, has been recognized as the APEX 2024 Region 7 Broker of the Year in Residential Land Sales by the REALTORS® Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report. Vegter was recognized by RLI CEO Aubrie Kobernus, MBA, RCE, as well as The Land Report’s Co-founders Eddie Lee Rider Jr. and Eric O’Keefe at a special awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 18, during RLI’s 2025 National Land Conference (NLC25) in Tucson, AZ.

“It's a privilege to be included among this year's APEX Award recipients,” explained Vegter upon receiving the award. Vegter joined Hertz Farm Management and Real Estate Services in February 2018 as a licensed real estate salesperson in our Nevada, IA office. He graduated from Central College in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Finance while obtaining a minor in Accounting.  During his time at Central Colleg, Vegter, was a four-year member of the Men’s Golf Team.  Upon graduation he went to work for Landus Cooperative in Central Iowa where he spent five years doing agronomy sales.  

“We are proud of Matt and all of our Hertz land professionals helping farmland owners,” said Hertz Farm Management CEO Chad Hertz, AFM. “Their dedication and professionalism make them some of the best people to work with in the land real estate business.”

The APEX Awards Program celebrated its eighth year by welcoming 255 applicants totaling a combined $8.9+ billion in qualifying transaction volume, 9,255 transaction sides, and over 1.2 million acres sold. All land professionals recognized as part of the RLI APEX Awards Program are active members of RLI. 

For more information on the award winners, make sure to get a copy of The Land Report, one of the industry’s leading magazines for landowners and land professionals, which will be publicizing the top winners in their upcoming Spring 2025 issue. All land real estate professionals are invited to join RLI and apply to the prestigious APEX Awards Program next year. Applications will open in December 2025. Winners of the 2025 APEX Awards will be announced at RLI’s 2026 National Land Conference next March in San Antonio, TX. Learn more at rliland.com.

Founded in 1946, Hertz Farm Management is the premier farmland asset management company in the Midwest. It specializes in professional farm management, farm real estate sales, farmland auctions (live and online), land acquisitions, and farm appraisals. With 14 offices throughout the Midwest, Hertz manages over 3,000 farms consisting of more than 664,000 acres. In 2024, Hertz sold over 38,000 acres of farmland valued at over $441 million. For more information, visit www.hertz.ag.   

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