News Profiles 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast: Tom Bradley, farm auctioneer By Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater is the Family & Farmstead Editor for Successful Farming, sharing interesting family features, heartfelt editorial columns, and important health and safety information. Her favorite thing about her job is meeting interesting people, learning their stories, and sharing them with our readers.Lisa started her career with Successful Farming magazine in 1999, working primarily for the web team and writing product reviews for the magazine. She later wrote for the Living the Country Life magazine and website and has written and edited several cookbooks and other books for Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. Successful Farming's Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 8, 2024 Close Tom Bradley takes bids for Dream Dirt Auctioneers at a Grundy County land auction. Photo: Lisa Foust Prater Tom Bradley is a farmer, dad, and agricultural auctioneer. As a partner in Dream Dirt Auctioneers, he works with landowners throughout the entire process of selling their property, not just on auction day. SOLD! 230-acre Iowa century farm brings nearly $4 million at auction Bradley joined us for a quick conversation on the 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast. We discussed raising kids on a farm, how the call of the farm brought Bradley back to agriculture, and how seeing his father have to sell the family farm during the Farm Crisis of the 1980s made him a more compassionate auctioneer. Tom Bradley That has helped me connect with people who have to sell their land. It's such a difficult thing to do. Sometimes it's a death, or sometimes it's a divorce, or sometimes it's debt. You kind of become a counselor yourself and help calm them and ease their minds. — Tom Bradley Listen to this episode of 15 Minutes With a Farmer below or on Apple Podcasts — where you can also listen to past episodes and subscribe — or wherever you listen to podcasts. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit