Benefits

• Have a passion and commitment to agriculture and the rural landscape.
• Are driven to be the best you can be at what you do.
• Want to distinguish yourself from others in the industry and prepare yourself for advancement in your career.
• Are just getting started in the business and want to improve your skills.
• Want to clearly demonstrate your commitment to self-improvement, high ethical standards and professional development.
• Enjoy being among peers in the industry – and having a nationwide network of professionals at your fingertips
• Value relationships with other industry professionals and enjoy networking opportunities to build your business.
• Would like the opportunity to share your industry on a state and national level.

• Access to the highest quality Management, Appraisal and Consulting Education at discounted member rates.
• A competitive advantage in the marketplace with ASFMRA Accreditations, providing you with the differentiation that you need in order to increase your client base and better serve your existing clients.
• Opportunities for Continuing Education to maintain licensure and/or your designation.
• Vast network of professionals via the ASFMRA Community and ASFMRA Members. ASFMRA members share comparable sales information and have access to data and expertise that you can’t find via any other society or organization!
• National, regional and local leadership opportunities through education, conferences, chapters and committees.
• Membership Directory listing to strengthen industry contacts and gain access to other rural land expertise, including wide distribution to assist you in developing new business leads.
• Find a Land Expert Listing to provide landowners and potential clients the ability to find you and your expertise.
• Up-to-date industry information delivered weekly to your inbox via Weekly AgNews and Land Trends
• Access to individuals in your area via your National and Chapter membership.
• Access to The Journal of ASFMRA for information and/or the opportunity to gain acclamation via article publications.
• Recognition of professional achievement through ASFMRA Awards, including Farm Manager of the Year, Appraiser Professional of the Year, the Early Career Award and more!
• Representation in Washington, DC – keeping you abreast of issues affecting our industry, working to strengthen your presence on Capitol Hill via lobbying efforts and keeping you informed on industry, law, tax and legislative issues via Weekly AgNews.

AgWare provides rural appraisers a complete software suite consisting of two separate but integrated products -  AgWare DataLog Comparable Sales Database, which can organize, manage and analyze comparable sales and create trend reports, attach and embed documents, images and maps, create composite sales maps, and transfer sales directly into AgWare ClickForms appraisal reports and has file sharing options.   AgWare ClickForms: The Appraisal Report Processor, which can create UAAR (Uniform Agricultural Appraisal Report), and UCRR (Uniform Country Residential Report) style reports in a variety of formats.  You can use default templates or customize your own as well as add narrative via word processing and create/send PDFS. 

ASFMRA members receive $150 off for new users on their standard or small business license.  Regular pricing for their standard license is $895 – ASFMRA price would be $745.