Marion County
is home ground.
Salem, Odin, Alma, Sandoval — this is the ground Mitch Cain farms and works every day. 21 farms and $11.6 million closed here since 2018, and right now there's a live online auction running east of Salem: 70± acres across three tracts, tillable, timber and hunting.
Recent farm sales in Marion County
Row crop and recreational ground, Salem to Odin.
Marion is home ground — literally. Mitch farms in Marion County, and the team's 21 closings here since 2018 span a mix of straight row crop and recreational timber and hunting ground, running from Salem out to Odin and Alma.
Salem alone accounts for three of the county's six largest recent sales, from 80 acres up to 176 acres — plus the online auction running right now, 70± acres east of town. Odin and Alma round out the bigger tracts, both clearing $1.2 million.
The Sandoval auction result — 76.08 acres for $806,448 — is proof the online-auction format works here too, not just on the biggest farms in the region.
With bidding open right now on the Salem tracts, Marion County is the one place on this site where you can watch the market move in real time.
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