OMAHA, Neb. — The land market in 2019 continued the plateau trend of the past several years during which the supply of agricultural land for s…
Current farmland market observers express a variety of opinions about the likely direction of farmland prices in the short and long term.
Editor’s note: The following was written by David B. Oppedahl, Fedaral Reserve Bank of Chicago senior business economist, for the bank’s Novem…
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Bidders spent more than $11 million on prime agricultural land at an auction in central Illinois Nov. 13. The proceeds wil…
Every year, University of Missouri ag economist Ray Massey conducts surveys of ag rental rates and land values. Despite the challenging farm e…
BOONE, Iowa — Prices paid for Illinois farmland continued a “slightly lower” trend, according to a mid-year survey by the Illinois Society of …
Editor’s note: The following was taken from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s August 2018 AgLetter, written by David B. Oppedahl, senior b…
Editor’s note: The following was written by Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois ag economist, and Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University ag eco…
Iowa saw less ag land being sold last year than normal, which continues the trend down from the high number of transactions experienced severa…
While crop groups have sounded the alarm over U.S. trade wars, here’s one measure that shows part of the agricultural economy is still vibrant…
AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University study shows that the age of Iowa’s farmland owners continues to rise, with a record high 35 percent aged…
Rental rates for Iowa farmland increased for the first time since 2013, according to the results of the Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2018 Survey…
Agricultural land values for the Seventh Federal Reserve District showed signs of stabilizing in the first quarter of 2018, as farmland values…
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa farmland values are slowly creeping up, climbing 2.9 percent in the past six months and 4.9 percent in the past year to an a…
OMAHA, Neb. — The historic run-up in land prices during the decade leading up to and including 2013 faded in to the background as the past fou…
Somehow, farmland just keeps selling.
The continued tight margins in crop farming combined with slowly rising long-term interest rates are expected to favor a continuation of the d…
NORMAL, Ill. — It is too soon to tell exactly what direction 2018 farmland prices in the Land of Lincoln will take — a slight decline, stabili…
Ready to quit the city, buy a farm and live out your rural fantasy? Bargains can be found in South Dakota, but you better move quickly in Cali…
OMAHA, Neb. — As agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes, the question landowners, operators and lenders have is: W…
Real estate sales volume for Farmers National Co. is up 21 percent during the first half of its fiscal year compared to last year and up 38 pe…
Following years of rising farmland prices, the 2013-2016 Minnesota median farm real estate sales price market showed a drop from the 2012 peak…
ST. LOUIS ― While farm income continued to decline in the Midwest and Mid-South during the first quarter of 2017, values for quality farmland …
SAN DIEGO — In a letter sent Tuesday (Feb. 21) to National Ethanol Conference attendees, President Donald Trump reiterated his support for eth…
ST. LOUIS — Midwest and Mid-South farm income and expenditures fell during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the latest Agricultural Fi…
OMAHA, Neb. — The overall trend of weakening cropland prices continued through 2016 in the grain belt states served by Farm Credit Services of…
OMAHA, NE – Several factors will come into play in 2017 that will determine the direction of land values.