National Ag News

Midwest farmland values held steady in the first quarter of this year for the first time since mid-2015.

In the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s quarterly survey, ag bankers said farmland values were unchanged from the same period last year.

Iowa bankers reported their first year-over-year increase since the third quarter of 2013, while Indiana had the largest year-over-year decline in the current downturn. Farmland values in Wisconsin increased five percent, Illinois remained steady and Michigan values declined.

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