farmland prices

The farmland market continued its year-long search for direction in the third quarter of 2025.

While farmland sales were down for the first half of 2025, many of the farms that did sell ended up as part of a consolidation.

The overall Rural Mainstreet Index fell below growth neutral in March.  This marks the 18th time that’s happened in the past 19 months.   When comparing 2025 farm income against 2024 farm income, only 3.7% of bankers expect an increase, while 63% predict an income drop.  For the tenth time...

The January 2025 Rural Mainstreet Index fell below growth neutral for the 16th time in the past 17 months.   For the eighth time in the past nine months, farmland prices took a tumble.  On average, bank CEOs who responded to the monthly survey expect annual cash rents of $278 per acre of non-irrigated, non-pasture farmland.  Farm equipme...

Farmland prices and farm equipment sales declined in the August Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index.  The overall index fell for the fifth straight month, for August slumped to 44.0 from 46.0 in July.  The index ranges between 0 and 100, with a reading of 50.0 representing...

The stronger land prices of late 2021 continued higher through the first half of 2022. After a calm period at the start of the year with prices steady, prices took another jump up as a result of the outbreak of war in Ukraine and ongoing inflation fears ...

The Federal Reserve Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions shows that farmland values rose in the third quarter of this year. The value of non-irrigated cropland rose by at least 12% in all of the participating Districts in the survey. The rapid increase was consistent in most states, with annual increases of more than 20% in some areas ...

Interest in purchasing agricultural land has grown since a coronavirus pandemic-induced slowdown blanketed the land market last spring. Farmers are feeling more financially secure as strong commodity prices arrived on top of large government payments in 2020 ...

Farm Credit Canada, the country’s largest agriculture and agribusiness lender, has published its semi-annual farmland values report. Canadian farmland prices continued their steady climb last year. Average value of Canadian farmland increased 5.4% in ...

After years of stability, farmland prices may be set to rise in 2021. AgWeb.com said last week factors are coming together that may be about to send the price of land higher. Some of the key factors include government support for farmers, stronger commodity prices, low interest rates, limited farmland for sale, and strong interest from investors ...