Wilkin County, Minnesota Farmland Online-Only Auction! – Mark your calendar for Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 8:00 AM (CDT) when bidding opens! Bidding will close on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 at 10:00 AM (CDT)! Peoples Company is honored to represent the Burton Louis Gewalt Trust in selling 230.65 acres m/l of prime farmland in Wilkin County, Minnesota. This land will be sold as two tracts and it will be an “ONLINE ONLY AUCTION.” Tract 1 is 80 deeded acres with 78.67 FSA cropland acres m/l carrying a Productivity Index of 95.5! Soil types include Doran clay loam, Mustinka silty clay loam, Aazdahl clay loam, Perella silty clay loam, and Antler clay loam. Tract 2 is 150.65 deeded acres with 132.53 FSA cropland acres m/l carrying a Productivity Index of 93.9! Soil types include Aazdahl clay loam, Doran clay loam, Doran-Mustinka silty clay loams, Perella silty clay loam and Zell-LaDelle silt clay.
This auction offers a rare opportunity to establish or expand your row-crop operation or secure a top-grade land investment near the Minn-Dak beet plant. This property is ideally situated adjacent to Highway 75, providing smooth transportation for hauling crops to the Minn-Dak plant or grain elevators nearby.
Over 91% of the land is tillable and contains extremely productive soils, this farm will be a highly desirable add-on to an existing farming operation or a smart investment for the investor buyer looking to diversify their portfolio or hedge inflation.
The auction will be conducted on the Peoples Company Bid Wrangler auction platform. The bidding will open on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, at 8:00 AM (CDT) and will conclude on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, at 10:00 AM (CDT). Any bid placed in the final three minutes of the auction will extend bidding for an additional three minutes on all tracts. The farm will be sold on a price-per-acre basis. Take advantage of this opportunity to own a piece of prime Wilkin County, Minnesota farmland.
**The farm is under lease for the 2025 growing season. The buyer will receive the second half of the cash rent. The total second-half rent amount is $20,064.00 and is due on November 1, 2025. (Tract 1 rent payment to buyer = $7,473.65. Tract 2 rent payment to buyer = $12,590.35) The buyer will also be responsible for half of the 2025 real estate taxes.
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Please contact Lindsey Brown at 701-371-5538 or Lindsey@PeoplesCompany.com with any questions about the property or the auction process.