Ohio

Toledo Voters Approve Ballot Measure Granting Rights to Lake Erie

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

On February 26, 61 percent of voters in Ohio’s fourth largest city granted legal rights to the nation’s 11th largest lake. The passage of the ballot measure by the citizens of Toledo marks the first time a US jurisdiction has…

Tagged with: ballot measure, Lake Erie, legal rights, pollution, Toledo
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, News Desk, Ohio, Public Land, Water

Increasing Percentage of Family-Owned Farms Are Not Family-Farmed

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Land Report Editors

According to the Department of Agriculture, 99 percent of all farms in the US are family-owned, not corporate farms. Yet because of demographic trends and costly barriers to entry, only 60 percent of farmland nationwide is actually farmed by those…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

Stable Farmland Values Trump Falling Commodity Prices

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Year-over-year farmland values in the Corn Belt are holding steady; however, in the most recent quarter, an uptick in Iowa and in Wisconsin pulled overall values in the Seventh District into positive territory for 2018. – The Editors NATIONAL —…

Posted in Agriculture, Equities, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

Corn Belt Ag Values Edge Slightly Higher in 2017

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Chicago Fed reports that a three-year slide in farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District has come to an end. According to senior business economist David Oppedahl, an annual increase of 1 percent in nominal terms was recorded…

Chicago Fed Reports Minimal Change Over Last Year

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District saw a year-over-year decrease of 1 percent in the third quarter of 2017. The Midwest has not experienced a year-over-year decrease or increase in agricultural land values greater than 1 percent in…

Chicago Fed to Host Global Ag Conference

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Anyone remotely interested in US agriculture and its ties to the global economy should make plans to attend the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Agricultural Conference on Tuesday, November 28. The focus of the one-day event will be agricultural trade…

Downward Trend in Corn Belt Land Values Comes to a Halt

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District remained steady in the first quarter of 2017, a welcome development that ended a two-year slide in land values in the Midwest. As the chart below demonstrates, this newfound stability applied to…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, Corn Belt, land values, seventh federal reserve district, soybeans
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, Ohio

Indiana, Wisconsin Bolster Corn Belt Land Values

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The American Farmer did it again in 2016: besting all-time records for corn and bean production. The increased volume almost compensated for falling commodity prices. Almost. – The Editors NATIONAL — TREND At 15.1 billion bushels, US corn production in…

Posted in Agriculture, Equities, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk, Ohio, Wisconsin

Bumper Crop Gird Land Values

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Midwest decreased by just 1 percent in 2016, thanks to record-setting production numbers. At 15.1 billion bushels, US corn production in 2016 jumped 11 percent over 2015 to set a new record. Soybeans enjoyed a similar…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

2016 Marks Third Consecutive Drop in Corn Belt Farm Values

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The Seventh Federal Reserve District reported a 1% drop in agricultural land values in 2016. This follows decreases of 3% in both 2015 and 2014. Senior Business Economist David Oppedahl noted the following: – The decrease in the agricultural land…