Cass Co 160 acres +/-

Timed auction by Dakota Plains Realty

Starts Dec 1, 2026 9:00 AM CST. Ends Dec 3, 2026 2:00 PM CST

LAND AUCTION   160± Acres Cass County, North Dakota- 2 parcel sold in 1 lot Eldred Township ONLINE AUCTION ONLY Begins: December 1st, 2026 at 9 am CST Ends:    December 3rd, 2026 at 2 pm CST   Offering 160± acres of highly productive Cass County farmland located southeast of Alice and west of Chaffee, North Dakota. From Chaffee, travel approximately 5.5 miles west and then 2 miles south to the property. This location places the land in a proven agricultural area surrounded by productive farms, established operators, grain elevators, processing facilities, agricultural suppliers, and strong regional markets. The property is located in Section 27, Township 138 North, Range 54 West, in Eldred Township. It consists of two Farm Service Agency tracts. Tract 15632 is described as the W½NE¼, while Tract 15633 is described as the E½NE¼. Together, the two tracts form an efficient, nearly square 160± acre unit that should appeal to neighboring producers, expanding farm operations, agricultural investors, and buyers seeking productive North Dakota farmland.   LOT #1 Acres: 160+/- Legal: Twp 138 N R 54 Sec 27,     W1/2 NE1/4 , E1/2 NE1/4 SPI: 78.1 NCCPI: 53.5 Taxes: $2,130 FSA 156 - Tract 15632 and 15633                    FSA Land Data -TRACT 15632 W2 NE 1/4 Acres Farmland 79.70     Cropland 79.70   DCP Farmland79.70   Crop TRACT 15632                      Base Acres                 PLC Yield Wheat            16.90                               51 Corn                4.92                               137 Soybeans      55.79                                37 Total Base Acres    77.60   FSA Land Data -TRACT 15633 E2 NE 1/4 Acres Farmland  78.74      Cropland  78.74      DCP Farmland  78.74   Crop TRACT 15633       Base Acres                                     PLC Yield Wheat                 16.70                            51 Corn                      4.86                            137 Soybeans           55.11                            37 Total Base Acres         76.67   **Combined FSA Total ** FARMLAND___________________________________158.44acres CROPLAND___________________________________158.44 acre                                                                                                           CROP Wheat________________________________________33.60 Corn__________________________________________9.78   Soybeans______________________________________55.11 Total__________________________________________154.27   The property carries a strong weighted Productivity Index of 78.1 and a weighted NCCPI soybean rating of 53.5. These ratings indicate a productive soil profile capable of supporting the major crops commonly raised throughout Cass County. Productive soils, manageable topography, substantial cropland acreage, and efficient field configuration are all characteristics that can contribute to easier fieldwork, improved equipment efficiency, and long-term agricultural value. The highlighted wetlands mapping identifies approximately 3.82 total mapped acres. Wetlands maps are informational and should not be considered a formal wetland determination or delineation. Buyers should independently review the maps, drainage characteristics, conservation requirements, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations as part of their due diligence. Cass County has a farming history that reaches back to North Dakota’s earliest period of organized commercial agriculture. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in the 1870s opened the region to settlement, transportation, and larger-scale grain production. Rail lines connected the surrounding prairie to flour mills, terminal markets, and population centers throughout the country. Communities such as Casselton, Chaffee, Alice, Embden, and Enderlin grew in direct relationship to agriculture, railroad transportation, grain storage, and the businesses needed to support farmers. The Casselton area became particularly well known for the development of large bonanza farms. These early operations demonstrated that North Dakota’s open prairie could be farmed on a commercial scale. Wheat was the dominant crop, and the combination of productive land, mechanized equipment, available labor, and railroad transportation helped make the region an important grain-producing area. For decades, wheat was considered king, and local elevators became the center of many rural communities. Over time, Cass County agriculture continued to change and improve. Horse-drawn equipment gave way to tractors, combines, air seeders, sprayers, grain carts, and modern precision-agriculture technology. Crop rotations also became more diverse. Wheat remained important, but soybeans and corn became major components of area farming operations. Producers also incorporated crops such as barley, oats, sunflowers, canola, dry edible beans, field peas, and forage crops where soils, markets, and rotations allowed. Today, Cass County remains one of North Dakota’s strongest agricultural counties. Its combination of productive farmland, experienced multi-generational operators, established transportation routes, modern grain-handling facilities, crop-processing plants, agronomy centers, equipment dealerships, lenders, and agricultural professionals creates an excellent environment for continued farm ownership and investment. The region’s history may be rooted in wheat and railroad elevators, but its modern agricultural economy is increasingly diversified and connected to value-added processing. The property benefits from its proximity to several local and regional grain markets. Maple River Cooperative operates a grain facility in Chaffee, giving area producers access to a nearby delivery point and grain-marketing services. Having a grain facility close to the property can help reduce hauling distance, fuel expense, equipment time, and harvest-season transportation demands. Buyers should contact the facility directly to confirm current commodities, receiving schedules, contracts, bids, and seasonal hours. Embden Grain Company provides another nearby agricultural outlet. Located in Embden on paved Cass County Road 7, the company serves area producers with grain, feed, storage, transportation, and related agricultural services. Its location near Interstate 94 also provides a valuable transportation connection. The presence of independent and cooperative elevators gives farmers additional opportunities to compare delivery locations, bids, contracts, storage options, and marketing programs. Casselton provides an even larger concentration of agricultural infrastructure. Maple River Cooperative’s Casselton terminal is a major regional grain facility with substantial storage and high-volume receiving capabilities. The cooperative also operates an agronomy center in Casselton, providing access to fertilizer, seed, crop-protection products, and other production support. These services strengthen the property’s position within a mature agricultural market rather than leaving an operator dependent upon a single elevator or distant delivery location. The regional soybean market has also been strengthened by North Dakota Soybean Processors near Casselton. The modern soybean-processing facility was developed to process approximately 42.5 million bushels of soybeans during its first year of operation. The plant produces value-added products such as soybean meal, refined soybean oil, and soybean hull pellets. This represents an important change for eastern North Dakota agriculture because more locally grown soybeans can be processed within the state instead of being shipped long distances before processing. For landowners and producers, additional regional soybean-processing capacity can create more competition for locally produced soybeans, increase delivery choices, support area basis levels, and reduce the distance between the farm and an end user. The Beilke property’s substantial soybean base acreage and location within the Casselton trade area make this expanding processing market particularly relevant. Enderlin provides another important regional market through ADM’s oilseed-processing operation. The Enderlin facility has the flexibility to process soybeans, canola, and sunflower seed. This gives producers access to a regional processor serving several crops that are well established across southeastern North Dakota. Enderlin’s long history as a railroad and agricultural center further strengthens its role in grain movement, oilseed processing, and value-added agriculture. Corn producers also benefit from the presence of Tharaldson Ethanol west of Casselton.. A large regional corn user can provide area farmers with another marketing alternative beyond traditional elevator channels and helps support a diversified local market for corn. The combination of the Chaffee elevator, Embden Grain Company, the Maple River Cooperative terminal and agronomy center in Casselton, North Dakota Soybean Processors, ADM’s Enderlin operation, and Tharaldson Ethanol creates an unusually strong agricultural marketing network. Few farming areas have this mixture of local elevators, cooperative grain facilities, independent businesses, oilseed processors, ethanol production, rail service, interstate access, agronomy support, and nearby metropolitan services. The property is also within reach of Casselton, Enderlin, Lisbon, Leonard, Mapleton, West Fargo, and Fargo. These communities provide agricultural equipment, repair services, trucking, banking, crop insurance, seed, fertilizer, chemical, construction, medical care, dining, shopping, and other services. Fargo and West Fargo serve as the region’s largest commercial centers, while the smaller surrounding communities retain the agricultural relationships and local knowledge that remain important to area producers. The climate of Cass County is defined by four distinct seasons, warm summers, cold winters, plentiful sunlight, and variable annual precipitation. Much of the useful moisture arrives during the spring and summer growing season. Spring conditions influence planting progress and field access, while summer rainfall, heat, and growing-degree accumulation play important roles in crop development. Fall generally brings cooler and drier conditions that support the harvest of soybeans, corn, wheat, and other crops. Weather conditions can vary considerably from year to year, making soil productivity, drainage management, crop rotation, conservation practices, fertility programs, and timely field operations especially important. The diversity of crops grown throughout the region allows producers to adjust rotations and management practices in response to weather, commodity markets, input costs, and agronomic needs. The property brings together the characteristics buyers continue to seek in quality farmland: approximately 158.44 acres of cropland, a Productivity Index of 78.1, an NCCPI soybean rating of 53.5, established wheat, corn, and soybean base acres, an efficient 160± acre configuration, and access to multiple elevators and major processing facilities. Whether purchased by a neighboring farmer, an expanding agricultural operation, or an investor seeking productive land in an established farming region, this property represents an opportunity to acquire Cass County farmland backed by generations of agricultural history and supported by an increasingly modern crop-processing economy. Thiis Land Auction offers more than acreage—it offers productive land positioned within one of North Dakota’s most active and well-connected agricultural markets.  

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