Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Farmland value up

Those owning farmland have a bit of good news. Farmland values in Iowa have jumped 24 percent in the past year, fueled by increasing livestock and corn prices. The jump is the biggest in more than three decades. The average value of tillable cropland now is about $5700 per acre, according to the Realtors Land Institute. Farmland represents a significant amount of net worth for Iowa landowners.

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