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Showcase 02 · Farm belt — land funds & agricultural investors
Story County — published and live · Hamilton · Hardin — the wider Ames corridor
Farmland is priced on yield history and comps — which works inside a market and breaks the moment you compare two. Arcanium reads what sits under the yield: soil productivity, water reach and flow, road access to elevators, population trajectory, governance — scored per square kilometer on one absolute scale, so an Iowa quarter section and a Costa Rican canton rank directly against each other. Story County is published and open without an account — the rest of the corridor is a commission away.
The band above is the Arcanium ramp — red is weak ground, green is strong. On the live map every tile in Story County takes its color from its Index score, fitted 37.1–62.9 here.
| Utility territory | ¢ / kWh | |
|---|---|---|
| Consumers Energy Cooperative | 7.66 | |
| City of Ames Electric Services | 8.41 | |
| Prairie Energy Cooperative | 8.64 | |
| Area range — six territories priced | 6.58–10.27 |
Commercial & industrial average by territory, 2024. Six of the area's utilities carry a usable rate; territories without one stay unpriced rather than guessed.
Which square kilometers combine the strongest soil-productivity signal with real water access — and which of them sit close enough to the road network that the ground's value survives its logistics. Story County answers it today; Hamilton, Hardin and any other county answer it on commission, on the same scale.
Every tile carries a confidence rating that falls wherever a value was broadcast from a coarser unit than the tile itself — water measured rather than assumed, soil signal read at fine grain. A number you can defend to an investment committee.
Every value carries a confidence rating that falls when a number was broadcast from a coarser unit than the tile — the dossier states it per variable, per tile.
Measured, deliberately not scored: ECI — ¢/kWh by the utility that actually serves the tile. It is reported beside the Index and never blended into it, because the right power price for a data center and for a grain dryer are not the same number, and a weight would decide that for you.
Story County is published; the rest of the corridor is not, and no score on this sheet is invented to pretend otherwise. Hamilton, Hardin and their neighbours are produced when the analysis is commissioned — drawn on the live map, priced by area before it runs, delivered by email when ready. The Index is a transparent blend of measured fundamentals: it is not an appraisal, and it does not know your business case.
Story County is live. Open the map and see the farm belt scored — then name the county you actually care about.
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