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ISU specialist expects steady cash rents in 2018
Aug 30, 2017, 11:21 AM
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Even with lower crop prices, Iowa State University farm management specialist Steve Johnson expects mostly steady cash rents in 2018.
“What we’re seeing in Iowa is steady land values—and land values are high correlated with cash rental rates, at least they have been for the last 15 years. So I’m anticipating steady cash rents for 2018,” Johnson says.
Johnson says while some farmers may be forced to give up rented land, there will be other farmers waiting to scoop it up.
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