Land rental rates to drop 16 percent in Midwest and Plains

Bankers in a 10-state swath from Illinois and Iowa to Colorado and Wyoming “expect 2015 cash rents for farmland to decline to $214 per acre, down significantly from last year’s $254,” said Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index. It says farmland prices were down for the 14th straight month. “Much weaker crop prices continue to take air… » Read More

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