The Land Use Survey Center at Kansas State University is seeking responses to its 2021 Irrigated Farm Lease Agreement Survey, according to Leah Tsoodle, director of the land use center.

These rates are not publicly available, Tsoodle explains. Therefore, the center uses the voluntary responses to the survey to gather and report information on Kansas farm lease arrangements and irrigation equipment for the 2020-21 crop year, Tsoodle says. It should take less than 15 minutes to complete.

To complete the survey, visit tinyurl.com/irrigate2021.

Farmers with questions about the survey can contact Tsoodle at [email protected], or call the center at 785-532-3509.

Meade County

About 720 acres of Meade County land was sold at auction in a deal that closed June 17. The land sold in two tracts. Tract 1 was 320 acres of dryland, in 160 acres of wheat and 160 acres of open ground, northwest of Plains. It sold for $2,080 per acre. Tract 2 was 330 acres of Conservation Reserve Program land and almost 70 acres of cultivated ground, southeast of Plains. It sold for $1,750 per acre. The seller was Twist Family Farms LLC, Sharilyn Robben, trustee. Jim Hush, auctioneer, Plains, handled the sale.

About 480 acres of Meade County dryland was sold in one tract on auction April 15. The tract included 160 acres of growing wheat and 320 acres of summer fallow, east of Plains. It sold for $2,570 per acre. The seller was the Everett & Lenora Avery Trust, Bonnie Milano, trustee. Jim Hush, auctioneer, Plains, handled the sale.

Reno County

About 549 acres of western Reno County land was sold in a deal that closed April 6, via unreserved online auction. The cropland, which was planted to wheat, sold in five tracts, all either on or within 1 mile of paved roads, and sold with 100% of the seller’s mineral rights.

Tract 1 sold for $2,500 per acre, and included 150 acres of cropland, 2.4 acres of timber and a tree row at the intersection of Sylvia and Clark roads in western Reno County. It also included an oil well on the north side of the property. Tract 2, 79 acres of cropland on paved Netherland Road, included a windbreak and sold for $2,250 per acre. Tract 3, also along Netherland Road and with a windbreak, also sold for $2,250 per acre.

Tract 4, 1 mile east of Netherland Road, was 78 acres of wheat. It included a windmill and sold for $2,250 per acre. Tract 5, along Blanchard Avenue, was 158 acres of cropland, bordering a walk-in hunting area to the east, and it included a royalty share from a gas well on the quarter immediately north of this tract. It sold for $2,350 per acre.

The seller was the Leonard A. Banz Revocable Trust. BigIron Realty handled the sale.

Logan County

About 316 acres of Logan County land was sold by unreserved online auction in a deal that closed April 13. Tract 1, south of Winona, included 156 acres of dryland, currently in wheat with some terraces. It has access via an oil road and it sold for $1,800 per acre. Tract 2, southwest of Winona, was 150 acres of flat dryland that was planted to corn the last crop year and included mineral rights. It sold for $2,100 per acre. The seller was Alexia Roberts. BigIron Realty handled the sale.

Finney County

About 313 acres of Finney County Conservation Reserve Program land was sold at auction in a deal that closed May 20. The CRP contract expires in 2022, and the two quarters, off Highway 156 in northeast Finney County, offered productive soils with good crop production potential. The property sold for $658,560. The sellers were Darren McElfresh and Brian P. McElfresh, trustees of the Karen Rixon McElfresh Separate Property Trust. Farmers National Co. handled the sale.

Greeley County

About 320 acres of Greeley County cropland was sold at auction July 20. Tract 1, northeast of Tribune, was planted to wheat, is located on a county road, and sold for $2,600 per acre. Tract 2, northwest of Tribune, was open and ready for fall planting, and is located along field roads. It sold for $1,700 per acre. Both tracts included mineral rights. The seller was the Gladys Schupbach Trust. Farm & Ranch Realty Inc., Colby, handled the sale.