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Brent manages over 50,000 acres in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Iowa. He is the managing real estate broker in Illinois for the Monticello office. Since joining Hertz in 1989, Brent has been an active member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and the Illinois Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. In 1994 he received the designation of Accredited Farm Manager. In 2012 Brent was named Farm Manager of the Year for the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. He is also a member and past President of the Monticello Rotary Club and several other organizations.

Brent was raised on a crop and livestock operation in McLean County, Illinois. He was active in the production of corn, soybeans, and hay, and was part owner of a hog and cattle operation.

Brent lives in Monticello with his wife, Lisa, and has two sons, Jake and Ryan.

Lawain has appraised, managed, sold, and acquired rural properties for clients since 1993. Prior to working as a farm manager, Lawain worked as an intern for Fayette County Soil Conservation Service and as a Crop Scout intern for the Cedar Valley Farm Service. In 1991-1993, he worked as a Crop Specialist for Iowa River Farm Service in Tama County.

Maintaining an active role in professional organizations, Lawain is a member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and the Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. In college, he received the Senior Scholastic Award for the highest academic standing in the College of Agriculture Senior Class.

Lawain was raised on a cash grain farm in Northeast Iowa. He is married with four children.

Tom has been with Hertz Farm Management since October 1998. 

He is an Accredited member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

Tom has been associated with crop and livestock production throughout his life growing up on his family’s farm in Northwest Iowa.  Tom buys, sells and manages farms for clients in several Northwest Iowa counties.  Tom continues to participate in his family’s row crop farming operation. 

He and his wife are active in their church and the community.  They reside in Humboldt with their five children.