Along with their son, Cameron, and daughter, Raygen, Lee and Tiffany live and work on the Iowa farm that's yielded mature deer season after season. In the world of whitetail deer-hunting, Lee and Tiffany Lakosky are royalty.

two We have two beautiful children, Cameron (6) and Raygen (4) and two black labs, Mattie May, and Skye.

So many of us know and admire Tiffany Lakosky from her show, The Crush with her Husband, Lee. We've seen the two of them travel all over hunting elk, mule deer and many other beautiful species this world has to offer; we've seen them expand their family with two beautiful children, Cameron and Raygen.

They live in a pole barn converted to a home. They own or manage 5,000 acres for trophy whitetails. They rub elbows with county western stars, NASCAR drivers and retired Major League ballplayers, all of whom make their way to Iowa to hunt big deer. "We'll just ride this as long as we have fun," Lee said.

Iowa As it turns out, Tiffany was a natural with a bow, which prompted Lee to combine his two pursuits and after getting married in 2003, they moved to Iowa to begin their land management and whitetail dreams. If luck is a combination of hard work and opportunity, then Lee and Tiffany have found it.

“Our story is one in a million: we had the opportunity to become farmers and can now pass this way of life on to our kids,” said Lee Lakosky. Lee and Tiffany both grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Growing up in the city, they had no direct connection to farming in their family.

As it turns out, Tiffany was a natural with a bow, which prompted Lee to combine his two pursuits and after getting married in 2003, they moved to Iowa to begin their land management and whitetail dreams.

Keep reading to discover the top 7 landowners in Iowa.

1. Iowa Department of Natural Resources - 425,000 Acres.
2. Holding Family - 400,000 Acres.
3. Land Trusts - 286,031 Acres.
4. Federal Government - 122,603 Acres.
5. Amana Farms - 26,000 Acres.
6. Dandyland Farms - 9,000 Acres.
7. Bill Gates - 600 Acres.

Some of the most eye-popping prices have been in northwest Iowa.

• Farmland sales in the Sioux County, Iowa, area topped out at $30,000 per acre in November 2022, but the biggest prices sometimes are an aberration.
• A welcome sign at Orange City, Iowa, on Nov.

The patriarch of the affluent Emmerson family, Red Emmerson, is the country's largest landowner. More than 2.3 million acres of wooded property are owned by the family's business, Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI), across California, Washington, and Oregon.

Production costs are expected to rise 20%, driven by rising interest rates, and higher seed, fertilizer, chemical and land costs. Iowa farmland values climbed 17% last year to about $11,400 an acre over 2021. More:See what farmland rents are doing in your county in Iowa.

Limited land supply and low interest rates through summer 2022 were the second- and third-most frequently mentioned factors. Other frequently mentioned factors included cash on hand and high credit availability, strong yields, a good farm economy and strong demand.