U.S. cropland values flat for fourth year

With a nationwide average of $4,130 an acre this year, the value of U.S. cropland is nearly unchanged from the 2014 average of $4,100 an acre, according to an annual USDA survey of producers. Cropland values may be feeling the after-effects of the 2013 collapse of the commodity boom and sharply lower farm income. The Land… » Read More

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