High-Quality Farmland Is Inching Up In Price Across 18 States

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthAugust 25, 2023

Farmers National Company is one of our valued customers and providing value to all our customers is one of our highest goals.  Make sure to check out their mid-year land values report released Tuesday, July 11, 2023.  Their report details and charts how the land market entered a period of de-escalation that started in the fourth quarter of 2022, as well as the current single digit increases in land values verses the double digits over last year.

From AgWeb.com : 

The No. 1 question farmers are asking Paul Schadegg today is whether land values have finally hit a plateau after their long, multi-year run of growth.

That depends, he says, on the region where the farmer is located. In general, he sees a slowdown in price increases across the country but no lower prices for high-quality farmland. 

“When we compare not just our company data but also data from the Federal Reserve surveys, we’re definitely seeing some settling, a de-escalation,” says Schadegg, Farmers National Company (FNC) senior vice president of real estate operations. 

 

Along with that, he says there are fewer high-quality parcels of land coming to the marketplace.

 

           June High Quality Values Per Acre

    Average Land Prices

 

2021

2022

2023

Ark.

$5,600

$6,000

$6,300

Ill.

$12,300

$15,000

$16,000

Ind.

$9,800

$12,000

$13,000

Iowa

$11,900

$15,000

$15,400

Kan.

$4,400

$5,100

$5,800

Ky.

$5,000

$6,200

$7,000

Mich.

$6,500

$7,600

$8,500

Minn.

$7,800

$9,700

$10,000

Mo.

$6,400

$7,200

$7,500

Neb.

$8,800

$11,500

$12,000

N.D.

$6,400

$8,200

$8,800

Ohio

$8,150

$9,800

$11,000

Okla.

$2,500

$2,900

$3,300

S.D.

$8,700

$11,000

$12,100

Tenn.

$4,000

$4,800

$5,200

Texas

$3,700

$4,200

$4,800

Wis.

$7,000

$7,900

$8,500

 

Source: Farmers National Company Agent Survey