Max Armstrong looks at the group of athletes who teamed up to buy farmland. He shares names of these new investors buying farmland. Max looks at its first purchase – 104 acres in northern Iowa – and offers some perspective about that purchase. A key driver for the purchasing farmland is the rising value of the ground – up by double-digits cross the Midwest.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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