Maximize Land Profitability

As the greatest asset for producers, and the heart of all operations for agricultural businesses, our Land Advisory experts recognize the importance of land and what it means to you. Pinion is dedicated to protecting this critical asset and finds ways to make it more profitable.

Our land advisory experts help you think strategically about enhancing and protecting your land resource, as well as exploring opportunities that can augment income for decades to come.

Explore Opportunities with Trusted Guidance

Through Pinion’s 90 years working with agricultural producers, landowners, and investors, combined with extensive experience working with utilities, contractors, drainage districts, and renewable energy developers, Pinion provides the expert guidance needed for any size of land optimization project. From land and water strategies to renewable energy and conservation exploration.

Pinion combines the land advisory to manage and attain your goals, with the business strategy and resources (financing, tax planning, etc.) that can yield additional income.

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3 Areas for Land Optimization and Opportunity

Capital Land Improvements

Water Drainage Solutions and Management

Renewable Energies Consultation

Depth of Land Resources

Water & Capital Improvement Strategies

Sustainability & Carbon Consulting

Technical knowledge and access to teams of agronomic and conservation professionals, which allows our assurance team to bring deep technical knowledge and real-world experience to land assessments and examinations.
Experience in providing sustainable nutrient loss reduction strategies that coincide with practical production practices
Verification services for landowners
Farm assessment and evaluation of carbon programs: Pinion’s sustainability team has created a unique carbon scorecard that examines key data and quantifies the carbon footprint of a business to determine qualified candidates for carbon offsetting.
Click here to listen in on our recent Carbon Talks to hear more about Carbon Markets.

Land Revenue Diversification

Water & Land Engineering Consulting

Comprehensive solutions for all stages of a land/water management, engineering, and drainage needs.
Unique watershed approach and optional bid process
Advisory on surface and subsurface capital improvements combined with standard operating procedures
Holistic watershed planning with hydraulic cost appropriation per property (surface/sub-surface)
Irrigation plan design
Nutrient loss reduction strategy planning

Landowner / Lease Analysis

Estate Tax & Land Asset Protection

Assessing the assets, liabilities and cash flow, and the future of an land entity
Advisory on land improvements, beneficial adjustments, and long-term asset protection strategies.
Design and implementation of Estate Tax Planning Strategies related to land ownership
Formation and funding of basic estate planning documents (revocable trust, wills, powers of attorney, and advanced medical directives)
Trust/Estate Income, Gift and Estate Tax Returns
Charitable Planning (Trusts, Foundations, etc.)
Business and/or Asset Sale Planning
Site suitability studies related to revenue diversification (capital improvements, resource development, government programs, etc.)

Water Management & Resources

Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence
Full scale watershed assessment and determination
Identification and outreach of community stakeholders and possible cost-share participants
Data and information for sound and informed decision making
ROI for projects and potential investments
Create soil classification review through soil maps
Review crop production and identify correlations with other data layers
Develop topographic maps with our patent pending software and/or on-site surveys
Field analysis and prioritization of subsurface water management, surface water management, or a combination through projected return on investment and payback.
Comparisons of fields to maximize yield, manage risk and determine the timeline of the yield
Site suitability studies coupled with whole farm capital improvement budgeting
Consultation regarding your water rights with relation to utilities (i.e. wind, solar, pipeline, etc.)

Pinion proudly partners with DIGS & Associates for Ag drainage resources and facilitation.

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