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Land Report January 2012 Newsletter

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Land Report Editors

Here’s a great way to start your year: the January edition of The Land Report newsletter. This issue is chock full of stories and links to essential resources, including the Winter 2011 issue of The Land Report and of course January’s Land Report…

Record 17% Jump in Farmland Values

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Federal Reserve’s Seventh District climbed a record 17 percent during the second quarter of 2011, according to the Chicago Fed’s Farmland Values and Agricultural Credit Conditions Report. This economic shot in the arm marks the largest…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, corn prices, David Oppedahl, farmland, Indiana, Iowa, soybeans, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Midwest, News Desk

Market Watch: Chicago Fed Cites Surge in Midwest Land Prices

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Agricultural land values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District jumped 12% in 2010, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The district encompasses key portions of America’s Corn Belt, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The increase was the second largest on record…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, farmland, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Midwest, News Desk

For Sale: Kevin Costner’s Field of Dreams for $5.4 Million

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

By all accounts, it’s the typical sort of listing you see advertised in The Land Report: FOR SALE. 193-acre corn farm for sale in eastern Iowa for $5.4 million. Owned and farmed by same family for over a century. Includes two-bedroom…