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In the past few years, farmland values have been surprisingly resilient. Looking forward, however, prices may lean lower.

The market value for farmland in the Cornhusker state dropped again in 2019. The average per-acre value is $2,650, a 3% drop from 2018.

Farmers continue to face declining farm income in the Midwest and Mid-South regions, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Farmland values continue to defy gravity in many regions of farm country. Here are three reasons farmland values could make a dramatic move.

As waters recede from the thousands of acres that were flooded this spring, attention turns to spring planting. If those acres are rented, who will pay for the cleanup? Should the rental rate be adjusted?

The biggest concerns in the market value of land currently will depend on the length of time tariffs are in place, suppressed crop prices and the State’s extremely high property tax policies.

Farm household health insurance expenses have doubled since 2001.

Average farmland values nationwide have increased 1.9 percent to $3,140 an acre so far this year from 2017, according to a report released Thursday by USDA.

This week three Federal Reserve Bank districts released their quarterly land values and credit conditions reports.

For 2018, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $138 per acre, which is 1.5% higher than 2017.