Contact Information

•  415 South 11th Street
   P.O. Box 500
   Nevada, IA 50201

•  515-382-7938
•  CraigW@hertz.ag

Education

B.S. Agricultural Business, Iowa State University

Licensing

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in Iowa, Hertz Farm Management, Inc.

Accreditation

Accredited Farm Manager, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers

Biography

Craig joined Hertz Farm Management in June 2018 as a farm manager and licensed real estate salesperson in the Nevada, IA office. In this role, Craig manages, sells, and acquires properties for landowner clients across central Iowa.

Craig graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Agricultural Business and minors in Agronomy and Ag Systems Technology in May 2018. During his time at Iowa State, Craig served in several leadership roles for the Agricultural Business Club on campus and participated in a study abroad course in Panama.

A summer internship with Hertz in 2017 developed his enthusiasm for serving landowners and their farms. Craig enhanced that devotion to his clients by earning the Accredited Farm Manager designation in 2022 as a member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, the top professional accreditation in the industry.

Through involvement in his family’s diversified crop and livestock farm near Monticello, IA, Craig established a deep-rooted passion for agriculture. Seeing conservation practices in action on the family farm sparked his interest in land stewardship. Craig continues to engage in this area by serving as co-chair of the Hertz Stewardship Committee and by helping clients put conservation to work on their farms.

Craig currently resides in Nevada, IA with his wife, Mandi, and their two young children, Collins and Grayson. He is a member of the Nevada Rotary Club and St. Thomas Aquinas Church.