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Troy Louwagie, ALC, Recognized with Two Prestigious 2024 RLI APEX Awards
Hertz Farm Management is proud to announce that Troy Louwagie, ALC, has been recognized with two prestigious honors through the REALTORS® Land Institute’s (RLI) 2024 APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report.
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Matt Vegter, ALC, Recognized as the RLI APEX Region 7 Broker of the Year in Residential Land Sales
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.
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20 Hertz Professionals Recognized as Part of RLI’s APEX Producers Club
Hertz Farm Management is proud to announce that twenty professionals have been recognized as a part of the APEX 2024 Producers Club by the REALTORS® Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report.

Landowner Considerations for Wind and Solar Contracts
Landowners should carefully weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks of leasing their land for renewable energy...
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March 2025 Wallace’s Farmer MarketPlace Extra
Here in early 2025... there seems to be a renewed sense of optimism that has started to filter through the countryside. The optimism is not overwhelming, but some positive energy has shown up in recent land sale results.
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Successful Hybrid Auction: A Landowner’s Experience
When it comes to selling farmland, choosing the right method can make all the difference. James Gould shares his experience working with Hertz Real Estate Services to successfully sell his farm through a Hybrid Auction—a method that brought together both in-person and online bidders for a competitive and rewarding sale.
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February 2025 Wallace’s Farmer MarketPlace Extra
As has been well documented over the past year, the Iowa farmland market has weakened compared to 18 months ago. In some areas throughout late 2024, we saw land sales that were 5% to 15% off what they would have brought in mid-late 2023.