This article reveals that farmland prices in Iowa have increased by an average of 18% during the last 12 months as of April 2008 for the highest dollar per acre number the state ever had, according to the semi-annual survey by the Iowa Farm Realtors Land Institute (IFRLI). According to...
Iowa farmers who have been implementing cover crops will be eligible for crop insurance discounts again this year. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will once again offer a $5 per acre disco...
is responsible for conducting the annual survey and said while higher interest rates put downward pressure on the land market, the effects typically don’t show up in land prices for one or two years. I addition, 81-percent of Iowa farmland...
Since 1950, the Iowa State University Land Value Survey has been the only data source that provides a county-level land value estimate for each of the 99 counties in Iowa. The 2019 Iowa State University Land Value Survey reported a 2.3 percent increase to $7,432 per acre in average Iowa ...
There has been an increase in the number of non-local investors bidding on land in Iowa, and some timber land has sold for stronger prices than low-quality farmland, as investors sought to put their money in an alternative investment rather than the stock market, Siefert says. He and Matt...
While this land has the potential to be developed, Iowa farmland is still seeing a spike in land prices. Throughout the state, we have been seeing farmland sell for $20,000 to $25,000. Both of these properties sold for over $1 million. You can watch the record-breaking auction here:...
Survey: Custom Strip-Till Rate Averages $24.35 Per Acre in Iowa An annual survey of farmers, custom operators and managers in Iowa shows prices could face increases for custom services this year. The survey, conducted by Iowa State University,includes percentage changes by category of c...
suggested that biochar might be produced from grain-crop stover for $9-$16 per ton (2007 prices, probably more like $12-$20 now), but this did not include the labor or energy or equipment to return the biochar to a field and plow it back in. Quantities like ten tons per acre are ...
Iowa supported the Union during the Civil War, voting heavily for Abraham Lincoln, though there was an antiwar "Copperhead" movement in the state, caused partially by a drop in crop prices caused by the war. There were no battles in the state, although the Battle of Athens, Missouri, 1861...
Adams plants wheat in 15 inch-rows and returns in May to plant soybeans in 15-inch spacings between wheat rows. Seeding rates vary between 1 to 1.5 bushels per acre. At harvest, he moves the cutter bar closer on his combine’s bean head to be closer to the wheat heads. ...