USDA Land Values Summary Report 2024

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthOctober 10, 2024

Here is the USDAs latest Land Values Summary Report 2024 for our Midwest Reporting states –
Our Corn Belt States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio, cropland values climbed by an average of 4.5% to $8,560. The average cropland value in our Northern Plains states: Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota was $4,040 per acre, an increase of 6.6%. Our Lake states: Minnesota and Wisconsin saw an average price increase of 4.2% to $6,470. Full Report details here – https://bit.ly/4eEQcWe

Farm sales down; quality drives values

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthOctober 9, 2024

Today’s October 9, 2024 Farm Progress report features our Midwest reporting state of Minnesota. September has proven to demonstrate an increase in land values and a stable holding in the land market. Although the number of farm land sales is down from last year and the uncertain early harvest reports, supply and demand is still notable, with farmers leading the charge on quality farmland purchases. Learn more here – https://bit.ly/47YjEEj

4-H volunteers go above and beyond

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In honor of National 4-H Week, we’re proud to share this inspiring story from our Midwest reporting state of South Dakota!
Read or listen as AgUpdate shares more on an inspirating young 4-H member, who earned the first South Dakota 4-H award for Outstanding Youth Service and a faithful couple inducted into the South Dakota 4-H Hall of Fame. Learn more here – https://bit.ly/3Bxsc94

Harvest to set tone of future land sales

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthSeptember 20, 2024

Farm Progress contributing author, Doug Hensley, president of Hertz Real Estate Services, shares how the fall harvest plays a key role in the future price direction for farmland. Highlighting counties in our Midwest reporting state of Iowa, Hensley shares more on the late summer “stickier” than expected land prices, the anticipation building around this year’s harvest, and how together they can form an outlook for 2025. Read more here – https://bit.ly/3MQ6ijA