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Peoples Company
Peoples Company is the national leader in agriculture real estate services, pairing experience with data driven decision making to deliver value to landowners.
Peoples Company
Peoples Company is the national leader in agriculture real estate services, pairing experience with data driven decision making to deliver value to landowners. From family operations to institutional investors, across every sector and region, it provides tailored solutions that unlock potential and create lasting success. Its platform builds on over 50 years of facilitating land transactions and managing farmland. Originating in the 1960s from Peoples Trust and Savings Bank in Indianola, Iowa, it is now a full-service, national farmland firm.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Hermann
Corporate office
Clive, IA, United States
Principals
Steve Bruere
President
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does Peoples Company source farmland deals for institutional clients?
The firm combines a national brokerage network with a proprietary transaction database that tracks comparable sales across the Midwest and Delta regions. Its land-management contracts often yield first-refusal rights when managed farms come up for sale, creating a pipeline of off-market transactions. The firm also sources through relationships with retiring farmers, trust departments, and regional banks that hold agricultural collateral.
What energy transition services does the firm offer farmland owners?
Peoples Company's development-services group advises landowners on solar and wind lease negotiations, carbon-credit programs, and conservation-easement structuring. The firm helps agricultural clients layer energy-transition revenue streams onto productive farmland without disrupting row-crop operations. This includes site-suitability analysis for utility-scale renewable projects and ongoing lease compliance monitoring.
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