Anna Van Diest shows a soil sample taken from a field northwest of Moses Lake. The soil there is top quality for potatoes or onions, she said, because the lower layers retain the necessary water.
March 27, 2023
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Specialty land: Moses Lake agent specializes in complex ag land sales
MOSES LAKE — When it comes to real estate, agricultural sales are unique in what consumers have to consider. Things have changed since Anna Van Diest, farm specialist and broker with Basin Ag Sales, an extension of Moses Lake Realty Group, began dealing in farmland 15 years ago. “At the time, there just weren’t very many farm sales,” Van Diest said. “You know, most farmers purchased property they were already leasing, or they had established relationships with landlords, (or) they’d sell to their neighbor. They knew everybody in the community, and that’s who they sold to.” Today, Van Diest said, the business has changed.