Across the Midwest, farmland prices have risen sharply from last year, in part because of high commodity prices and a global food shortage. The highly competitive market, which often includes ...

Across the Midwest, farmland prices more than doubled over the past two years — making it difficult for young farmers to grow their businesses. Farmland is a limited resource, and over the past year, ...

A new study shows a threefold increase in Midwest farm acres using the offseason crops to help protect the soil and reduce runoff, but it still makes up less than 8% of all farmland. Tim Gottman’s ...

The 2012 drought that devastated crops and pastures in much of the Upper Midwest didn't stop the price of farmland from shooting higher, especially in North Dakota. The average per-acre price of ...

Farmland values in the upper Midwest continued to rise in 2023, surpassing the highest levels ever in many areas. The very high net farm income levels in 2021 and 2022 provided many farm operators ...

A recent $30,000 per acre land sale in Sioux County, Iowa, sends signals into the land market in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and even as far away as Indiana. A farm tractor pulls a manure ...

In mid-year looks at land prices in several Midwest states, prices have soared so far. According to the 2022 Purdue Farmland Values report, farmland went up 30 to 34% in Indiana again this year. “The ...

As corporate demand for renewable energy soars, that is creating new tensions in farm country. One issue pitting some neighbors against each other is where to site large solar power developments. Some ...

Story by Katie Peikes. Video by Lucius Pham. At a recent farmland auction in Jesup, Iowa, a couple dozen farmers and landowners drank coffee, ate cookies and chatted before filing into rows of chairs ...