Des Moines Register

Here is a list of Iowa's 10 largest owners of farmland :

Kent Kiburz, a Winterset farmer: 47,300 acres

Van Diest family, led by Robert Van Diest, who founded Van Diest Supply Co., an ag chemical company in Webster City: 34,500 acres

Stine Seed Co., founded by Harry Stine in Adel: 34,500 acres

Amana Society, the religious society owns one of Iowa's largest contiguous farms: 22,000 acres

Deseret Trust, the financial investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City: 18,000 acres

Kenneth Bidwell, a Tama-area farmer: 16,000 acres

Sonstegard Foods, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, egg producer: 14,500 acres

RCK Properties, a Delaware organized group: 14,500 acres

Kruger Farms, owned by the family that founded Kruger Seeds: 14,000 acres

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