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Media Mentions and Interviews

2025

  1. Farm Progress. “Farm business planning: Latest insights and trends.” January 31, 2025.
  2. KCRG. “More young farmers seeking college degrees despite rising tuition.” January 29, 2025.
  3. Iowa Public Radio. “Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.” January 27, 2025.
  4. Agriculture.com. “Nearly 42,000 acres of farmland sold to Mormon Church for $289 million.” January 25, 2025.
  5. Raccoon Valley Radio. “According to ISU Extension land value survey, value of Guthrie County land drops from 2023 to 2024.” January 31, 2025.
  6. Belmond Independent. “Local farmland values fall 6%.” January 2, 2025.

2024

Interviews and Immediate Press for 2024 Land Value Survey:

  1. Storm Lake Times Pilot. “Land values down 6% in BV, Sac, and Cherokee counties.” December 31, 2024.
  2. Greene County Times. “Iowa farmland values fall, breaking a five-year trend.” December 31, 2024.
  3. West Liberty Index. “Iowa Land Value Survey finds 3% drop.” December 30, 2024.
  4. Charles City Press. “Annual survey shows falling farmland values in Floyd County area and statewide.” December 30, 2024.
  5. New Hampton Tribune. “Farmland values declining in Iowa.” December 29, 2024.
  6. Hartley Sentinel. “O’Brien County farmland is top dollar in Iowa.” December 26, 2024.
  7. DreamDirt. “ISU Land Value Annual Survey shows 3.1% decline in Iowa farmland prices for 2024.” December 23, 2024.
  8. Iowa Farm Bureau. “Five-year trend breaks as farmland down 3.1%.” December 23, 2024.
  9. Bedford Times-Press. “Iowa farmland values fall, breaking a five-year trend.” December 23, 2024.
  10. The Daily Scoop. “New trends are emerging in the farmland market.” December 20, 2024.
  11. ProAg. “For the first time in five years, Iowa farmland values fall.” December 20, 2024.
  12. US AgNet. “Iowa farmland values decline in 2024.” December 20, 2024.
  13. Telegraph Herald. “Tri-State region farmland values declining.” December 20, 2024.
  14. KSIB Radio. “Iowa farmland values fall; region values rise in ISU study.” December 19, 2024.
  15. Cherokee Chronicle Times. “BV, Cherokee, Sac land values drop 6%.” December 19, 2024.
  16. The Gazette. “Study: Iowa farmland values decline after a 5-year climb.” December 18, 2024.
  17. KMCH. “ISU survey sees first farmland value drop in five years.” December 18, 2024.
  18. KIWA Radio. “ISU survey sees first farmland value drop in 5 years.” December 18, 2024.
  19. KBOE Radio. “Iowa farmland values drop for first time in 5 years.” December 18, 2024.
  20. WHO Radio - The Big Show. “Iowa 2024 farmland values dip.” December 17, 2024.
  21. We Are Iowa. “2024 Iowa State Land Value Survey: Decrease in farmland trends, costs, farming.” December 17, 2024.
  22. Des Moines Register. “ISU survey: Lower corn, soybean prices pull Iowa farmland values lower.” December 17, 2024.
  23. Pro Farmer. “Iowa farmland posts 3% decline.” December 17, 2024.
  24. Radio Iowa. “Iowa farmland values drop for first time in 5 years.” December 17, 2024.
  25. WOC Radio. “Iowa 2024 farmland values dip.” December 17, 2024.

2024 Additional Coverage:

  1. Ag Web’s Farm Journal. “Yes, the Farmland Market is Shifting, but that doesn’t Necessarily Mean Prices are Falling.” Interviewed by Tyne Morgan.
  2. U.S. Farm Report College Road Show. “U.S. Farm Report 09/21/24 - Marketing Discussion from Iowa State University.” (Available on YouTube). Interviewed by Tyne Morgan. September 21, 2024.
  3. Marketplace Morning Report. “Is the farm economy in a recession?” Interviewed by Savannah Maher. September 6, 2024.
  4. Iowa Public Radio. “After hitting record highs, farmland prices expected to drop in 2024.” Interviewed by John Wannamaker. July 22, 2024.
  5. WHO Radio - The Big Show. “Slowing Land Values.” Interviewed by Bob Quinn. May 30, 2024.
  6. AM 540 KWMT Radio. “Land Markets in 2024.” Interviewed by Duane Murley. May 6, 2024.
  7. Ag Update (Illinois Farmer Today). “Farmland Values Increase at Slower Rate with Tighter Profits.” April 20, 2024.
  8. Ohio Ag Manager. “Ohio Farmland Trends and Preservation.” April 18, 2024.
  9. Ohio Ag Manager. “Foreign Investments in Ohio Farmland.” April 15, 2024.
  10. Agriculture. “Sought-After Iowa Farm Hits the Auction Block.” March 26, 2024.
  11. Agriculture. “Western Iowa Farmland Sells for $29,600 per Acre.” February 27, 2024.
  12. Chicago Fed Insights. “Farmers Still the Primary Owners of Farmland, Midwest Ag Conference Attendees Are Told.” January 2024.

2023

  1. Missouri Farmer Today. “Year in Review: Farmers Face Dry Fields and Delayed Farm Bill.” December 30, 2023.
  2. Farm Bureau Spokesman. “Voice for Farmland Values.” Interviewed by Bob Bjoin. December 20, 2023.
  3. KWQC News. “Farmland Values Decline.” Interviewed by Matt Christensen. December 31, 2023.

Interviews and Immediate Press for 2023 Land Value Survey:

  1. Charles City Press. “Floyd and neighbor counties saw farmland values increase in past year.” February 8, 2023.
  2. The Waukon Standard. “Iowa farmland values rose higher in 2023 at a slower pace.” January 24, 2023.
  3. High Plains Journal. “Iowa farmland values rose higher in 2023.” January 10, 2023.
  4. Bellevue Herald Leader. “County ag land values cool off.” January 3, 2023.
  5. The Monona Outlook. “Land value growth cools in Iowa.” January 2, 2023.
  6. Iowa Public Radio. “ISU Survey Shows Iowa’s Record-High Farmland Values May Have Plateaued.” December 13, 2023.
  7. News Dakota. “Iowa Land Value Study Shows a Four Percent Rise in Prices.” December 15, 2023.
  8. DTN Progressive Farmer. “Iowa Farmland Values Approach a Plateau as Annual Increase Slows to 3.7%.” December 13, 2023.
  9. Radio Iowa. “ISU Survey Finds Farmland Values Up Again, but Leveling Off.” December 12, 2023.
  10. Iowa City Press-Citizen. “Iowa Farmland Average Hits $11,835 an Acre, but Will Rise Continue?” December 13, 2023.
  11. High Plains Journal. “Iowa Farmland Values Continue to Rise, Albeit at a Slower Pace.” December 12, 2023.
  12. KIWA Radio. “Farmland Values Hit Record Again, but Increase Has Slowed.” December 12, 2023.
  13. Western Iowa Today. “Iowa Farmland Values Rise.” December 12, 2023.
  14. WHO Radio. “Iowa Farm Land Values Rise Modestly.” December 12, 2023.
  15. Agri Marketing. “Iowa Farmland Average Hits $11,835 an Acre, but Will Rise Continue?” December 13, 2023.
  16. Des Moines Register. “Iowa Farmland Average Hits $11,835 an Acre, but Will Rise Continue?” December 13, 2023.
  17. Chronicle Times. “Land Values Soften in NW Iowa.” December 13, 2023.
  18. Storm Lake Radio. “ISU Survey Finds Farmland Values Up Again, but Leveling Off.” December 12, 2023.
  19. KFAB Radio. “Iowa Farm Land Values Rise Modestly.” December 12, 2023.
  20. Farm Progress. “Farm Progress America: December 19, 2023.” December 19, 2023.
  21. Beef Magazine. “Farm Progress America: December 19, 2023.” December 19, 2023.
  22. National Hog Farmer. “Farm Progress America: December 19, 2023.” December 19, 2023.
  23. Ag Update (Iowa Farmer Today). “Land Values Increase Again in 2023, but at Slower Rate.” December 12, 2023.

2023 Additional Coverage:

  1. Ag Update (Iowa Farmer Today). “Land Ownership Trends Toward Older Farmers.” December 8, 2023.
  2. Agriculture. “Foreign Buyers Pay a Premium for U.S. Farmland, Says Analyst.” November 29, 2023.
  3. Missouri Farmer Today. “Several factors go into farmland buying decisions.” November 6, 2023.

2022

  1. Ohio Ag Manager. “Financial Analysis and Performance of Ohio Farms.” October 12, 2022.
  2. Ohio’s Country Journal Online Edition. “Farm Income Enhancement Program studies accuracy of agricultural baselines.” April 4, 2022.