60 acres of river bottom?

michaelr · Mar 25, 2018

Selling at $4,666 / acre. Is just one parcel in a road full of them. Square shape, only a few trees on the borders. 59 of the 60 acres are tillable. Flat, square field, one side borders the country road. Seems great, yes? Or what are your guys thoughts?

moresmoke · Mar 25, 2018

Could be a bargain or horribly overpriced. In some places 60ac is a big spread, out on the prairies, it is barely worth messing with. At least give us a state to work with.

fixerupper · Mar 25, 2018

Where I live here in NW Iowa something would be very wrong for it to be priced that low.

Determined · Mar 25, 2018

(quoted from post at 14:29:03 03/25/18) Selling at $4,666 / acre. Is just one parcel in a road full of them. Square shape, only a few trees on the borders. 59 of the 60 acres are tillable. Flat, square field, one side borders the country road. Seems great, yes? Or what are your guys thoughts?

All depends on location, if I could get half that for mine It would be happily ever after time.

paul · Mar 25, 2018

All depends on location and productivity and development potential.

Some areas river bottom means 'swamp' some areas riverbottom is the most productive farm land for 100 miles when it comes to farm value.

Development potential and all bets are off, it will be worth nothing until the right developer buys it cheap, the. Somehow his brother in law commissioner gets the area rezonen as not flood plain, and then it's worth that much per square foot.....

Can't buy any farmable land around here for that little.

Paul

michaelr · Mar 25, 2018

Mound City, MO

WayneLee · Mar 25, 2018

How often does it flood?

buickanddeere · Mar 25, 2018

. How often does it flood

chuck from neb · Mar 25, 2018

Used to farm river bottom ...I like my hills much better ...better drainage better yields

Leroy · Mar 25, 2018

The big factor is does it ever flood and how bad and how often? If floods how deep and how often? What are the chances of getting a crop off of it? Good? average? poor? or non existance.? Here for that price you could only be expecting on getting one crop off every 3-4 years after putting all inputs in the years you don't get a crop.

DRCA · Mar 25, 2018

Hmmm some past flooding in that area- stop in Craig Mo. ask around. Maybe Mike at French Repair across from the elevator can help.

old smokey · Mar 25, 2018

I live 90 miles north of mound city in iowa and in 2011 there was very little crops of any kind that survived the 3 mounths of flooding on the flat bottom ground next to the Missouri river

coshoo · Mar 26, 2018

Check the soil maps for the parcel, too. Most river bottom is pretty productive soil, but not always- I was glad I passed on a piece that had a poor soil and wouldn't raise a disturbance. As others said, the key is probably the frequency and extent of flooding.

Texasmark1 · Mar 26, 2018

Here it's the super land to farm. All the nutrients from up hill wind up there as so with loose top soil that used to be uphill. Since I am right at the peak of the terrain where some water flows South, other goes North, not much volume so any flooding is brief if at all.

Farm land around me that was going for $5k per acre just a few years ago is selling for 10+ now, including bottomland. City folks are going nuts to get out of the madness and have some peace and quiet.....and with the growth explosion here there are a lot of them looking. Tempting me to sell out and move....but I doubt I'll do that. If it were selling here that would be a great price.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 26, 2018

River bottom land in my area is a love/hate thing about the time you start to love it because you can make a good crop in dry and marginal years a long comes a wet year or worse a flood thats dumps all sorts of debris on the land you'll hate it real quick.

dhermesc · Mar 26, 2018

Actually sounds kind of cheap to me.

michaelr · Mar 26, 2018

Yes it did get flooded along with Big Lakes back in 2011, everyone was scraping a foot or more of sand off the top to reclaim it. Will have to learn how often that happens and such.
river bottom view, is north of big lakes a few miles in same flood plain

michaelr · Mar 26, 2018

Here is the link to the sale listing
the sale listing

Leroy · Mar 26, 2018

Was that one time of flooding in 20+ years or does that happen every year? If floods every year is it always in winter when no crops would be in ground to drown? Or in summer as well and how deep does it flood and how long does the flood last? One or 2 days usually will not kill the crop, a week will.

michaelr · Mar 26, 2018

I do not believe it floods yearly, once every 10 years I would guess.

michaelr · Mar 26, 2018

Good suggestion, I have spoken with Mike French before, when my brother and I have tractor part needs for the Farmalls.

ss55 · Mar 26, 2018

They did not list the CSR2 (corn suitability rating), maybe there is a reason why?

michaelr · Mar 26, 2018

good catch, will inquire about that

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