farm land value

It’s a comparison many in the Ag community have heard, or even made themselves.  How does the current down turn in the farm economy compare to the devastation of the 1980s?  Ag economist at Virginia Tech, Dr. David Kohl says there are many difference between the 80s and today.  One of the mo...

Farmers National Company says 70% of farmland will transfer ownership over the next 20 years. The company said the transfers will occur by sale, will, trust beneficiary or gifts.  For farm and ranch operations, land is by far the most significant asset in this transfer of wealth.   Over ...

Farm real estate values remain near record levels set in 2015, despite a significant drop in farm income and a weak farm economy. The Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service says the value of U.S. farm real estate is a critical barometer of farm financial performance, that’s because farm real estate, including land and the structures on the land, generally accounts for over 80 percen

Farm income declined in the first quarter of 2018, the 17th-consecutive quarter of lower income numbers.  The latest Agricultural Finance Monitor, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, shows quality farmland values and cash rents were also slightly lower than in 2017.  The St....

The financial stress in the agriculture sector may really begin to show this fall if low commodity prices persist.  Bruce Sherrick, Director of the Center for Farmland Research at the University of Illinois said they are already seeing the impacts.  ...