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Heartland Agricultural Services – Helping Investors and Farmers Buy and Sell Farms

Heartland Agricultural Services, LLC was established to provide agricultural real estate brokerage and financing to Michigan farmers and agri-businesses.

• We assist Michigan farmland and hunting property owners and estates wishing to sell, to price your property at the right price-point and find the right buyer for your property.
• We assist expanding commercial farming operations in locating quality Michigan farms for sale and acquiring necessary financing that may be needed to complete the acquisition.
• We also assist individuals and companies who may wish to invest in farmland and hunting land to find and acquire the right property for their investment strategy.

Our website can be used to locate Michigan farms for sale by county and by category, whether you are looking for cropland, fruit farms, or hunting properties.

Please browse through our site to see the properties we have listed. If you are considering selling property, please contact us before you make arrangements with any buyer or realtor to get the optimum price from your property with the minimum of difficulties. And if you are looking to purchase property, please call or email us – we frequently know of properties for sale besides those featured on our website – contact us for more information.

- The Heartland Agricultural Services Team

About the Principal:

Douglas Oberst is the founder of Heartland Agricultural Services, LLC.

Doug is also a founding partner in 12 Corners Vineyards, a Berrien County vineyard operation consisting primarily of wine-grape plantings as well as cherries. A premium winery and small conference center are located on site as well. Additionally, the Oberst family maintains an ag-real estate company known as Oberst Farms, LLC.

Doug's writings have been published in Farm Futures Magazine and he is an accredited instructor for the USDA's Farm Service Agency, teaching farm financial management. He has also assisted in special programs to assist minority farm owners throughout southern Michigan.

While attending Alma College where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, Doug continued to maintain an interest in his family's 900-acre farm in the Saginaw Valley. The farm was located in an area that produced sugar beets, dry beans, cash grains, and pickles.

Doug has served on various boards and committees including the Center for the Arts, Humane Society, Cooperative Extension Advisory Committee, and several church boards.