About Us

A SHARED SUCCESS

Summit Ag Management: Expert Farm Management & Advisory for Long-Term Growth

Summit Ag Management is Summit Agricultural Group’s full-service farm management and advisory unit. We work directly with farm owners to meet their goals by helping to determine, structure, and facilitate farm plans that increase their farm’s value and productivity on a long-term basis. We achieve this when working with our client’s team and Summit’s network of trusted professionals including attorneys, accountants, contractors & vendors, and farm operators.

Summit Ag Management’s mission is to improve farms while imparting the true ag expertise needed to help them appreciate long into the future. Our experienced management team specializes in a wide range of services, applied at the owner’s discretion, as part of one of several management options including cash rent, flexible cash rent, crop share or other custom agreements. We value communication as an essential ingredient for any successful relationship and encourage landowners to be actively involved in all planning and decision-making processes. To guarantee that each landowner receives maximum value in partnering with us, Summit’s farm management services can be customized to meet each client’s needs, or utilize a holistic approach to managing the entire farming operation.

farm management scope

Accredited Farm Managers
0
combined farm management experience
1 + Years
Under Management
50 + Farms
Under Management
10000 + Acres

Summit Ag Management is an affiliate of Summit Agricultural Group

Summit Agricultural Group is a diversified agribusiness operator and investment manager with operations in the United States and Brazil. Summit deploys capital across the agricultural supply chain with a particular focus at the intersection of agriculture and renewable energy.

Justin Bahr

Accredited Farm Manager, Licensed Real Estate Broker

Justin joined the Summit team in 2022. His primary responsibility is professional farm management. Justin has professionally managed farms since 2016 and holds an Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA). Prior to joining Summit, Justin worked at Hertz Farm Management managing the Mankato, Minnesota office. Justin started managing farms out of the Cedar Falls, Iowa Hertz location, before his transition to Mankato. His management experience spans across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Justin graduated from Iowa State University in May of 2016 with a B.S. in Agricultural Business and International Agriculture and a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies. Justin grew up in North Central Iowa near Buckeye.

Justin is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in IA, MN, NE and SD.