Brandenburg Farms
Cerro Gordo, Illinois
Brandenburg Farms is family-owned and family-operated grain farm. We work with landowners & farm managers with farm ground in Piatt County, Moultrie County & Macon County in central Illinois. Our philosophy is simple. We want to earn your trust to farm, protect, and improve your agricultural land investment. We want to farm your available farm ground.
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The latest news from Brandenburg Farms
Worked Some Fields, With A Sunny Day Could Begin Planting
Trent Brandenburg has “worked a couple of fields, they’re barely ready” after several days of rain last week. “If we get a sunny day tomorrow I could plant some,” Trent continued. The long-standing extreme drought in central Illinois has been reduced to “abnormally dry” by recent rains. Trent observes that his drain tiles are running, so he believes he has enough moisture in the upper soil for germination. “I don’t know about the subsoil, though,” he added.
Asked if his corn and beans were up yet, Trent repeated the classic farm quip, “Yeah, up in the machine shed.” The timing of planting is a delicate balance between the date on the calendar, the soil moisture and soil temperature, and the near-term weather forecast. Trent’s years of experience help him judge which field to work now, and which needs to dry out some more for optimum tillage. He will balance all these factors to optimize his planting operations for a healthy start to his crops.
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Using the latest computer-aided decision-making and current best-practice farming techniques, Brandenburg Farms can help you earn the best operating return on your farmland investment now, while respecting and protecting your investment to maintain quality and yield performance in the future. As a Brandenburg Farms landowner, you receive comprehensive annual reporting to track improvements, input costs, yields, operating return, and investment appreciation.
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- Cash Rent
- Risk Sharing – Flexible Cash Lease
- Leased land from 1031 Exchanges
- Custom Farming
- Corn / Soy Beans / Seed Beans
