farmland value

The Farm Credit System says the U.S. economy entered 2025 with key indicators in favorable positions.  Expectations for first quarter growth have been reduced, however, by weaker personal consumption, higher imports, and uncertainty around changes in global trade.   ...

A land option agreement has been brokered between Rockview Family Farms and Balanced Rock Power to convert the 2,000-acre dairy farm, Ponderosa Dairy, into a solar energy facility.  BRP will have the option to acquire the land, with the option period estimated to be between two and five years.  The dai...

The farming community is concerned that the enhanced estate tax exemption could be a major casualty if the 2017 tax cut law expiring at the end of next year isn’t extended.  The estate tax exemption will drop from $13.6 million per individual to its pre-2017 level of $5.5 million if th...

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index fell below growth-neutral for the sixth-consecutive month.  On a scale of one to 100, with 50 representing growth neutral, the Economic Confidence Index plummeted to its lowest level since 2020.  Almost ...

Farm Credit Canada has just released its mid-year National Farmland Values Report.  The report analyzes farmland purchases from January through June of this year.  Better known as FCC within the farming community, Farm Credit Canada is a federal government agency and the country’s largest agricultural lender for farm cropland, large machinery purchases, and commercial livestock operators. J.P. Ger

Early indications are suggesting that land auction activity will be good both before and after the harvest in 2022.  Farmers National Company says land sales typically slow during the spring and early summer.  However, the rate of late summer and fall auctions getting scheduled with Farmers National Company is picking up rapidly. The over...

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 ...

U.S. farmland supply-and-demand is different than in recent years. As commodity prices rose this year and investor interest returned to the market, the supply of available farmland followed suit. Farmers National Company’s Randy Dickhut said over the past year, most of the Grain Belt saw increasing amounts of land getting sold. ...

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 ...

The pace of land sales picked up this year for Farmers National Company. The company reports it is on track for a near-record or record sales year on several fronts. The higher land prices have spurred an increased number of landowners to sell, with some wanting to complete the sale before year-end due to uncertainty about potential tax law changes ...