cropland rental

Cash Rental Rates Stay Mostly Steady in 2019
Cash Rental Rates Stay Mostly Steady in 2019
As farm incomes climbed earlier this decade, cash rents predictably followed suit.  Now that farm incomes have dropped going into a sixth-straight year, cash rental rates have declined.  However, the decline isn’t as steep as many in the industry thought it would be because of lower incomes.   For th...
2019 Farmland Rental Rates Expected Steady with 2018
2019 Farmland Rental Rates Expected Steady with 2018
Farmland rental rates are not expected to change much in 2019.  A new forecast by Farmers National Company predicts cash rental rates for 2019 to stay the same as 2018, for the most part.  The company notes that despite current low grain prices, many farmers had the opportunity to forward price corn and soybeans at similar or better prices than last year.  Also, the company...
Cost of Renting Farmland Down in Most Areas
Cost of Renting Farmland Down in Most Areas
Renters of cropland paid less per acre in 2016 than they did in 2015 according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.   Renting any Washington cropland cost on average $13 less at $195 an acre while in Oregon the cost was down $9 to $137 per acre.   T...