farm prices

Indiana Farmland Reaches New Highs

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Recent record-setting prices for prime Indiana farmland prompted The Land Report to reach out to Rex Schrader, chief financial officer of Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company. In late June, the company’s auction division sold properties in Spencer and in Randolph counties.…

Farmland: Eye on Iowa

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Land Report Editors

When Warren Buffett talks up farmland, it’s time we all took a look. Buffett made the following statement last month while being interviewed by Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box.

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Iowa Farmland Moves Up 13%

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

The Chicago Fed reports that farmland values rose 10% in the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which covers all of Iowa, the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin, the northern half of Illinois, the northern two-thirds of Indiana and the southern three-fourths of…

Slowdown Forecast for Texas Land

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Ag economists at Texas A&M are predicting that the red-hot Texas land market will lose its sizzle next year. Since 2003, land prices have increased an average of 14.5 percent annually, and with the median price statewide approximately $2,300 per acre, that…