Southern Iowa Land For Sale

I’m pleased to present this beautiful and secluded 99 Acres +/- for sale in southern Decatur County, Iowa. *This is being offered as a split parcel off of the larger overall 242 acres farm, and final acreage is subject to completed survey*. The property has a nice mix of timber and pasture, is set up with multiple paddocks for rotational cattle grazing, has pasture rent and crp income, pasture acres that could potentially be converted into tillable acres for additional income, and the property hasn’t been hunted for Whitetail Bucks in 28 years! Situated in a rural and very private setting but only 3.5 miles from I-35, there is an awful lot to love about this property. (Trail camera photos & videos from Summer, 2026. Please note that trail camera photos and video clips are from the whole 242 acre farm, as is the overview youtube video)

Situated in the part of Decatur County in Iowa Nonresident Deer Zone 5, this property has the unique distinction that no Whitetail Buck has been taken off the property since the current owner bought the place 28 years ago! (The buck racks pictured in the listing were all deadheads the landowner found and picked up over the years.) He is a meat hunter only and has killed a handful of does on the property in 28 years, but no bucks, and no one else has had permission to hunt bucks either during that time. The property has a nice mix of different habitats, from uplands to bottomlands, all kinds of wild oak trees for hard mast (and younger planted oaks too), multiple year-round water sources, and a lot of open acres that currently are used for pasture but are honestly a blank slate for deer habitat and hunting improvements if desired, whether that be native warm season grass plantings, tree plantings, or food plots. There are countless great locations for hidden food plots and/or standing corn/beans for late Winter deer food. Gravel road access from the south side and B level road access from the north side. There is good stand access to all different areas of the property, great locations for both morning and evening hunting, and the farm is huntable with any wind direction.

Rural water is at the road on the north side and electric is already on the property on the north side, providing the opportunity to build a weekend hunting/getaway cabin with services on the north side, or an off-grid/solar powered cabin on the south side.

There are multiple separate fenced paddocks for rotational grazing that make up the area of rented pasture on the farm. The pasture acres are currently are being rented on a simple month-to-month arrangement at $65/acre, and the tenant can have the cattle off with 30+ days notice if the new owner doesn’t want to maintain the pasture rent arrangement. There are multiple ponds spread around the property, and plasson valves, Cobett frost free drinkers, and “Iowa Hydrants”. The owner obtained and maintained an “organic farm” certification for some time, then eventually let the certification lapse, but has continued the same practices on the farm ever since, which include no synthetic fertilizer or herbicide application, meaning the new owner could likely re-gain the organic farm certification if so desired.

There are some acres currently in pasture that could potentially be converted to tillable acres for additional income.

There are 4.34 acres are enrolled in a tree planting crp program, paying $365.42 annually, with the contract expiring in September, 2031.

The farm is very private in a remote country location but still not that far from town, only 1.5 miles to pavement, 3.5 miles to I-35 and 7 miles to Lamoni. It is 36 miles to Osceola and 75 miles to West Des Moines.

Call listing agent and land specialist Joshua Flournoy at (641) 203-9427 to set up your own private showing of this beautiful property in a serene country setting yet within easy driving distance of everything modern! Showings by Appointment Only.

Please contact Land Specialist Joshua Flournoy at (641) 203-9427 for more information or to set up a showing. Showings by Appointment Only.