WRITTEN BID LEASE: 2,967 +/- Acres - Burleigh County, ND

WRITTEN BID AUCTION

2,967 +/- Acres - Burleigh County, ND

Written Bids Due By:

Friday, January 24, 2025 – 5:00 p.m. (CT)

Mail, Fax or Email Bids to:

Pifer’s Auction and Realty

Attn: Dwight Hofland (Land Manager), John & Judith Trygg (Landowners)

1506 29th Ave. S

Moorhead, MN 56560

FAX: 218.477.1969

dwight@pifers.com

(bid forms are available for download above)

Auction Note: Seeking tenants to cropland, pastureland, and hayland for the 2025 through 2027 crop and grazing seasons.  This property features 773.9 +/- crop acres, 202.01 +/- hay acres and 1,991.09 +/- pasture acres with excellent fences and cross fences with multiple water sources in all locations of the pasture. Grazing on the pastureland will commence on or after June 1^st with cattle to be removed on or before October 1^st of each year. The highest written bids will have an opportunity to orally raise their bid on Tuesday, January 28^th at 10:00 a.m. (CT) by phone.  The successful bidder will have possession starting on or before March 1, 2025.  Bids will be submitted on an annual dollar-per-acre basis. 

Contact: Dwight Hofland at 701.630.4359 or dhofland@pifers.com.

Parcel 1 

Crop Acres:  392.7 +/-

Grass Acres: 39.52 +/-

Legal: W½ 29-141-77, SE¼NE¼ 31-141-77 & Part of the SE¼ 30-141-77

This property features 392.7 +/- acres of excellent cropland with a Soil Productivity Index (SPI) of 67.3, and has a strong cropping history. This parcel also includes 39.52 +/- hay acres. The acres in section 29 have excellent fences and well water with tanks for excellent fall grazing.  

Parcel 2

Crop Acres:  103.81 +/-

Pasture Acres: 868.71 +/-

Hay Acres: 73.11 +/-

Legal: W½, NE¼ and Part of the SE¼ 30-141-44, NW¼, W½NE¼ 31-141-77 & S½ 25-141-78

This property features 103.81 +/- crop acres boasting an SPI of 72.9 and has a strong cropping history. This parcel also includes 73.11 +/- hay acres and 868.71 +/- pasture acres. All pasture cells have pipeline water to multiple tanks fed from a well in the NE¼ in section 31, Trygg Township. Notable dugouts throughout which provide water sources in multiple areas.

Parcel 3

Crop Acres:  277.39 +/-

Pasture Acres: 1,122.38 +/-

Hay Acres: 89.38 +/-

Legal: NE¼, S½ 24-141-78, N½ 25-141-78, S½SE¼ 23-141-78 & All in 26-141-78

This property features 277.39 +/- excellent crop acres with an SPI of 70.2. and has a strong cropping history. Also offered in this parcel is 89.38 +/- hay acres and 1,122.38 +/- pasture acres with excellent cross and perimeter fences for fall grazing. All pasture cells have pipeline water to multiple tanks fed from a well in the NE¼ in section 24 Cromwell Township. Notable dugouts throughout which provide water sources in multiple areas.

LANDOWNERS: John & Judith Trygg

Bidding Procedure:

1. All written bids must be received before 5:00 p.m. (CT) on January 24, 2025.
2. Written bids will be submitted on an annual per acre basis.
3. All written bids must be accompanied with a 3-year farming plan, including but not limited to, crop rotation, and normal chemical and fertilizer applications. Along with the farm plan, grazing plan and rotation will be important to the owner and will be reviewed as part of the bid package. These stewardship/farming plans are important to the landowner(s) and will play an important role in the final decision when awarding the contracts.
4. The top written bids will be invited to the Oral Bidding and will have an opportunity to raise their bid at a time and place designated by Pifer’s Auction & Realty. Oral Bidding will be on January 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (CT).
5. Each Oral Bidder will have the opportunity to bid on each parcel individually as well as altogether (Overall).  Each Oral Bidder must bid on at least one parcel individually to qualify for participation in the Overall bidding process.
6. The winning bidder will (upon Landowner acceptance) receive a lease agreement provided by Pifer’s Land Management.
7. Bidders are bidding on a 3-year lease agreement. The agreement will begin at the signing of the contract and terminate on December 31, 2027.  
8. Annual rent will be due on or before February 1^st each year of the lease agreement.
9. The awarded bidder must provide a letter of good standing from their financial institution.
10. The awarded bidder must provide a Farm Liability insurance policy that meets lease agreement standards.
11. The Landowner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.
12. All statements made the day of the Oral Bidding take precedence over all printed materials.

Mail, Fax, or Email Bids to:

Pifer’s Auction and Realty

Attn: Dwight Hofland (Land Manager): John & Judith Trygg (Landowners)