Nebraska Farmer Buys $1.8-Million Hunting Retreat to Convert to Crops

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthApril 9, 2025

219.85 acres of hunting land in our Midwest state of Nebraska, enrolled in USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for the past 20 years, sold for $1.8 million. A local farmer purchased the land for $8,430 an acre, with plans to transition the land back into a row crop farm. Learn more on the sale and property from Successful Farming – https://conta.cc/4lk9jJb

Latest on Land Values for Our Midwest State of Nebraska

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthApril 1, 2025

Featuring The Center for Agricultural Profitability (CAP) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln “2025 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey”. According to it’s early results, the average value of agricultural land across Nebraska has decreased by 2%. This is the first decrease since the survey’s inception 46 years ago. It follows 2024’s record-high value. Find news reports and details below:

Nebraska Ag Connection: https://conta.cc/42cyQLC
Regional and State details – Rural Radio News: https://conta.cc/41SBmHT
Updated Nebraska Land Values, Cash Rents: https://conta.cc/4l6UR7b
Download Full Report: https://conta.cc/3RxtuFu

Plenty of Buyers Looking for Farmland

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthMarch 31, 2025

Despite less farmland being on the market vs. this time last year, interested buyers are helping to keep land values stable. Find the latest land sales from our Midwest reporting states of Illinois and Nebraska, along with Kansas in this Farm Progress Report: https://bit.ly/4iS4oNU

Nebraska ag land values decline as farm finances tighten

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthMarch 17, 2025

According to preliminary findings published on March 12, in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 2024-25 Farm Real Estate Market Survey, Nebraska’s agricultural land values declined for the first time in six years. Learn more on the factors contributing to the current land values in our Midwest reporting state, in this University of Nebraska Today report – https://conta.cc/3Y078QL

Number of Nebraska farms declines –

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 28, 2025

“The state lost 400 farms with annual sales less than $100,000, and it gained 300 farms with sales greater than $100,000, creating a net loss of 100 farms.” Learn more in this February 27, 2025 FarmProgress Report on our Midwest reporting state of Nebraska – https://bit.ly/4bkj3OU

Scarcity of Farms on the Market Boosts Land Sale Values

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 6, 2025

Due to the lack of land on the market, farm real estate is still fairing well on the land sales market. Find land sales reports for our Midwest states of Illinois and Nebraska in this February 5, 2025 Farm Progress Report – https://conta.cc/3WIDm

Landwatch

accountMktgLSB | calendar-monthFebruary 4, 2025

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