First Quarter Midwest Farmland Values Moved Up Slightly from a Year Ago

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthMay 16, 2025

The first quarter of 2025, the Seventh District, comprised of our Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin, saw farmland values 1% higher than a year ago. “Values for ‘good’ agricultural land in the first quarter of 2025 were 4% higher than in the fourth quarter of 2024.” Learn more in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago AgLetter, No. 2008, May 2025 – AgLetter No 2008 May 2025

April 2025 Recent Farmland Sales

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthApril 2, 2025

Progressive Farmer’s April 2025 Landwatch Report highlights farmland sales from our Midwest states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota, as well as Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. Find details on each recent farmland sale here – https://conta.cc/42pKh3D

Recent Farmland Sales –

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthMarch 3, 2025

Progressive Farmer March 1, 2025 Recent Farmland Sales features our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota. Find details to each highlighted farmland sale here – https://conta.cc/3QG3Q0T

Fed: Bankers expect stable land prices

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 24, 2025

“An annual decrease of 1% in the Seventh Federal Reserve District’s agricultural land values in 2024 ended a four-year run of substantial annual gains.” Read more on our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin farmland values in this February 23, 2025 AgUpdate report – https://conta.cc/4hc85fP

Land Value Trends Revealed by 2024 Benchmark Farm Appraisals

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 20, 2025

Land values in our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana, “revealed a complex story of regional shifts, economic pressures and evolving buyer strategies.” Get the full story in Compeer Financials’ report, which consists of 53 benchmark farmland properties across the Upper Midwest monitored by their appraisal team – https://compeer.com/articles/land-value-trends-revealed-by-2024-benchmark-farm-appraisals

Midwest Farmland Values Down Slightly in 2024

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 14, 2025

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s AgLetter, No. 2007, February 2025 features farmland values for our Midwest reporting states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. “An annual decrease of 1 percent in the Seventh Federal Reserve District’s agricultural land values in 2024 ended a four-year run of substantial annual gains.” Read their AgLetter: February 2025 report here – https://bit.ly/4hUHuVa

Download the full report here – https://bit.ly/42VR8mb

What’s Driving the 3.1% Decline in Iowa Farmland Values?

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthJanuary 13, 2025

Using the 2024 Iowa State University Land Value Survey and report from Peoples Company, Successful Farming helps answer this question. Find details to the positive and negative factors impacting Iowa farmland values. These same influencing factors are found in additional Corn Belt states, which include our Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Learn more here – https://bit.ly/4jdheqk