Farmland values are on a historic run. After a record sale of $22,600 per acre in August, October came with a new record price as a piece of farmland in Johnson County, Iowa, brought a record $26,000 ...

A new Ag Decision Maker series explains the key appraisal methods used to determine farmland values across Iowa and the ...

In a year marked by plunging grain prices and rising financial pressure, you might have expected Iowa’s farmland market to finally crack. But a closer look at recent sales data shows a market that ...

DES MOINES — Iowa farm land has never been more valuable. The average value of an acre of Iowa farmland increased 17 percent to $11,411 in 2022, according to the Iowa State University Land Value ...

Iowa farmland is in high demand, which isn’t surprising considering we’re ranked first in the country for the production of corn, eggs, and pigs. In 2022, the Census of Agriculture reported more than ...

In a year with low crop prices and high production costs, Iowa cropland cash rental rate trends stayed relatively flat across ...

Bills in the Iowa House and Senate would limit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from buying land at auction with some exceptions. The House bill failed to advance out of committee on Tuesday, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Will Swenka always knew he wanted to farm. He grew up on a Johnson County farm, and over the years of working the land and tending to livestock, he said it wasn’t even a ...

Beth Hoffman has reported on food and agriculture for more than 20 years. This essay has been updated to remove a typo introduced in the Register's editing process. Well, here we are again. The corn ...

Wendy Johnson owns and operates Jóia Food Farm in Charles City. Jóia Food Farm, a regenerative organic farm in Charles City, wants to grow food for the community, put livestock back on the land and ...