Source: Brad Haire, FARM PROGRESS, 10/6/21


Land value is a local game. What's done with just a handshake or penned out in a multi-year, multi-tiered agreement can vary from county to county and from field to field. But it's helpful to know how local land values weigh up against the averages, or what producers report. In late August, USDA released the Cash Rents Survey. The agency between February and June asked producers about their total acres operated and acres rented for cash for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated...

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