Land News
Farmland is an essential resource for American agriculture. As stewards of the land, farmers and ranchers strive to maximize per-acre value while prioritizing soil health, water conservation and wildlife management. A key indicator of the financial health of the farm sector, farmland values can be influenced by commodity prices, land quality and other factors.
From a bottle hunter and a pair of plows crafted by John Deere himself to record yields and the return of monster buck antlers, enjoy some of the fan favorites on AgWeb from the past year.
The government seized control of John Yearwood’s ranchland in the name of a tiny bug. “There is no shame in Washington,” he says.
In October, USDA said the average value of U.S. cropland (irrigated and nonirrigated) was $5,460 an acre in 2023--an increase of 8.1% from 2022. High-quality ground is selling for two to three times that.
Peoples Company has released its fourth annual land values report with data broken into geographical regions across the U.S.
Following a few turbulent years that included a pandemic, rapid inflation, rising interest rates, a supply chain meltdown and high input costs, agriculture is hoping to find softer soil as it marches through mid-decade.
When a Tennessee farming family decided to build a small rice mill, they triggered a suburban uproar and social media war.
“We’re getting strong results. High interest rates and sub-$5 per bushel corn is not affecting land market conditions,” says Jim Rothermich from Iowa Appraisal.
North Dakota auction company announces new record-high land sale for cropland in the northeast corner of the state at $17,500 per acre, while in Iowa farmland sales are starting to cool off.
Government officials do not need a warrant or probable cause to enter private land, according to a judge’s ruling on Oct. 31.
There are efforts underway to mitigate the concern about losing farmland to solar panels. One of these is agrivoltaics, which is combining agriculture with solar installations, and it’s already turning heads in Canada.