This February 5, 2025 Farm Progress report shares why land sales for Minnesota will start to see a seasonal decrease. Our Midwest state of Minnesota has a lower rate of absentee landowners, which allows for close family and community connections. This also results in some unreported sales exchanged within the farming sector. Find details to recent reported land sales in 12 of the state’s counties here – https://conta.cc/3Q3Yc8u
This January 30, 2025 Progressive Farmer Landwatch Report features recent farmland sales that include our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Nebraska, and North Dakota. Find details to these highlighted sales here – https://conta.cc/3ErOHOc
MWA January 2025 Land Review features our Midwest reporting state of Illinois land sales from November 2024 – January 2025. View details at Murray Wise Associates – https://bit.ly/40NKm0m
“For the first time, FCSAmerica, AgCountry Farm Credit Services and Frontier Farm Credit have released a joint land values report that includes appraisals for 93 benchmark farms and ranches in all or parts of eight states. The Associations update appraisals for their respective benchmark farms every January and July.” Below is Farm Credit Services of America – 6-month | 1-yr | 2-yrs | 5-yrs | 10-years on our Midwest reporting states:
This January 20, 2025 Progressive Farmer blog post, examines the growth in foreign ownership of agricultural land in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023. Using new analysis data by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), learn more on the who, how, and why for the 1.58-million-acre increase in foreign-owned agriculture land in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023. Read their full article here – https://bit.ly/3PJCaHY
This recent Peoples Company blog post by Bruce J. Sherrick, PhD, details the why behind exponential interest in farmland real estate and other alternative or Alt-investments over the last 33 years. Using research and reports from NCREIF and TIAA Center for Farmland Research, Sherrick outlines and demonstrates why financial advisor recommendations surrounding agriculture real estate has increased from 25% in 2020 to 55% in 2024. Read the full article here – https://bit.ly/3E0gnt2
This January 15, 2025 article from Successful Farming, produced in partnership with American Farmland Owner, details seven notable farmland transactions from September 2024. These sales feature our Midwest states of Iowa and Minnesota. Find their sales details here – https://conta.cc/3E2Dzab
“Stable and steady” has defined this past month of farmland sales prices for our Midwest state of Minnesota. Despite the drop in buyer demand, “B” quality farms continue to bring a good value per acre. Article highlights also include a farmer survey by Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture on what farmer sentiments are favoring. Read more from Farm Progress here – https://conta.cc/4h7BmIY
This January 15, 2025 Farm Progress Report looks at the cyclical nature of the land market. What to expect in a new year land market can be aided by referencing parallels with historical land cycles. Learn more here – https://conta.cc/4jhjk8M
A positive and encouraging story unfolds on farmland value in this January 5, 2025 report by the USDA Economic Research Service. Nominal value of farmland has caught up to its inflation-adjusted value for the first time in history. See the full report for in depth details, key charts, and to learn why this matters. Read more here – https://bit.ly/3WfyUI5