Garst land brings family millions, even with sale tied to conservation easements

Garst land brings family millions, even with sale tied to conservation easements

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BPC Staff | Aug 18, 2021 | 3:46 pm |

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An Iowa family known for hosting late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on their farm during the Cold War, and for their land stewardship, fetched a hefty $19.3 million for 2,000 acres sold at auction Tuesday, even with permanent conservation easements tied to the farmland.

Des Moines Register: An Iowa family known for hosting late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on their farm during the Cold War, and for their land stewardship, fetched a hefty $19.3 million for 2,000 acres sold at auction Tuesday, even with permanent conservation easements tied to the farmland. The five buyers of the Garst land were all Iowa farmers, said Steve Bruere, president of Peoples Co., a Clive farmland management and brokerage company.

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