Specializing in agricultural properties, since April 1985. Scope of Experience covers a wide range of real estate valuation, including grain, livestock and dairy farms, ranches, dry and irrigated cropland, rural-urban transitional properties, highly specialized confinement hog and cattle facilities, commercial grain handling facilities, fertilizer facilities, and agribusiness properties throughout the Midwest. Qualifications include: Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA), designated by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Accredited Member of the American Society of Farm managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA). Chairman of the ASFMRA Appraisal Review Committee Member of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Associate Member of the Appraisal Institute. President of the Illinois Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (2006 & 2007).