Sara Schafer

Sara (Muri) Schafer, editor of Top Producer magazine, grew up on a family farm where they raised hogs and cattle, along with soybeans, corn, wheat, milo and hay. Since joining Farm Journal Media in 2008, she has covered a broad range of topics pivotal to the success of U.S. farmers. In addition to being an award-winning journalist, she has played several key roles with the transformative relaunch of AgWeb.com and spearheaded the Farm Journal Legacy Project expansion. Sara graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in agricultural journalism and a minor in agricultural economics. She resides in Columbia, Mo., with her husband and daughter.

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is covering the globe and creating market volatility. How will that trickle down to the farmland markets?
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing market volatility across the globe. How will that trickle down to the farmland markets?
You can find both good news and bad news in the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
After five years of declines, the value of an average acre of Nebraska farmland rose 3% versus a year ago.
Between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farmland and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use or low-density residential land use.
For 2020, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $139 per acre, which is down $1 from 2019.
Key forces are converging to send farmland values higher — maybe even to historic levels.
The 2022 increase in values marks the largest increase state since 2014 and is the highest non-inflation-adjusted statewide land value in the history of the survey.
Farmland sales continue to raise eyebrows and challenge—or set—records. Just look at these farmland sales results.
Farmland remains in a delicate supply-versus-demand balance.