Chicago Fed

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…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, Corn Belt, farmland, land values, seventh federal reserve district
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

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…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, Corn Belt, farmland, land values, seventh federal reserve district
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

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…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

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

Land Report February 2016 Newsletter

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Thanks to his acquisition of Texas’s Waggoner Ranch, Stan Kroenke vaulted from No. 9 on the Land Report 100 to No. 5 earlier this month. Read more about this historic sale in our February newsletter, and learn about: A Napa estate…

Tagged with: Bernard Uechtritz, California Coastal Commission, Chicago Fed, Coldwell Banker Previews International, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Joel Leadbetter, Mason & Morse Ranch Company, Napa Valley, Pacific Union, Robin Williams, Sam Middleton, Stan Kroenke, Ute Lake Ranch, Waggoner Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Wisconsin

Land Report February 2015 Newsletter

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

Page through out February newsletter to learn: Who was selected by the RLI as the Land Realtor of the Year. What crop disease the USDA is tackling with $30 million worth of research. What conference you need to attend if private timberland…

Tagged with: Ben Crosby, Chicago Fed, citrus greening, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Forest Landowners Association, Murray Wise, RLI, Tom Vilsack, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, News Desk, Newsletter

Mixed Signals on Midwest Farmland

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Seventh Federal Reserve District Sees 2-Percent Drop in 3Q By the close of the third quarter, farmland values in Indiana and Michigan had moved up, those in Illinois and Iowa had dropped, and Wisconsin’s values stayed the same. That’s the…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, cropland prices, Investing
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Ohio

Midwest Farm Values Inch Higher

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Land Report Editors

The good news? For the fifth consecutive year, ag values in the all-important Seventh Federal Reserve District moved up. The bad news? The days of double-digit gains are a thing of the past. — The Editors NATIONAL — TREND A…

Tagged with: AgLetter, Chicago Fed, farmland values, record harvests
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Wisconsin

Farmland Values Feel the Heat in the Midwest

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Several surprising storylines emerge from the Seventh Federal Reserve District, home of bumper crops and bellwether land values. — The Editors NATIONAL — TREND In addition to a downturn in corn and soybean prices – corn fell 12 percent and…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, drought, farmland, renewable fuels
Posted in Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Wisconsin

Land Report May 2013 Newsletter

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Got time to peruse our May Newsletter? You’ll find a wealth of hard-hitting facts and figures at your disposal, including the latest survey from the Chicago Fed on farmland values in the Midwest. Needless to say, land values in the Corn…