Rural (ag) Appraisers

[BRCJR]

I heard there are only three known agricultural appraisers in the entire state. This came from a convention of ag lenders in San Diego last week.

It was commented on that it was taking 6 to 8 months to get appraisals back for ag properties.

Any one have insight to this?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

ASFMRA members perhaps, or maybe in house FSA... Others do "ag" but OTOH, I have friends who are licensed in several states and routinely go to Delaware, Georgia, and Alabama to value poultry farms. That is their specialty. And to value a feed lot, a dairy, feed mill, etc ... gosh, they are about as scarce as quarry and mining appraisers.

Some run six weeks here, but rarely much longer. Was going to attend a class in SD, but a snowstorm got me.

 

[Michigan CG]

That is simply not possible. Doing some quick math there should be over 200 appraisers in South Dakota. If 30% are CG then that would be about 60 appraisers who we know for sure would be allowed to do ag work. I doubt there are many (if any) CG appraisers in SD that only do commercial work.

 

[BRCJR]

That is simply not possible. Doing some quick math there should be over 200 appraisers in South Dakota. If 30% are CG then that would be about 60 appraisers who we know for sure would be allowed to do ag work. I doubt there are many (if any) CG appraisers in SD that only do commercial work.

ASC shows 84 active CG in the state of South Dakota with SD addresses.