RICKY SOMMERS
Certified General Appraiser
Rick brings decades of hands-on agricultural experience to his encore career as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, including owning/operating a dairy production facility in southern Minnesota and serving on a regional agricultural financial lending Board of Directors. His areas of focus are animal production facilities and agricultural estate valuation. He has a life-long passion and commitment to serving both production agriculture and agribusiness.
Rick is part of the appraisal team at Peoples Company, Clive, IA, and works from his home office in Owatonna, MN. Rick holds licenses in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington and Oregon.
Areas of Specialization: Dairy Production Facilities; General Livestock Facilities; Vacant Ag Land; Recreational Ag Properties; Conservation Easements; Estates; Tribal Exchange and Fee Properties; Area Wide Market Analysis; Farmer Mac Preferred Appraiser