Farmland values head into 2026 near record highs
USDA's 2025 Land Values Summary put average U.S. farm real estate at $4,350 per acre, and the forces behind that record still matter for 2026 buyers and sellers.
Tanya Brooks · December 30, 2025
Agribusiness examines the commercial structure surrounding production: cooperatives and elevators, processors and input suppliers, farmland ownership and rental rates, agricultural credit, and consolidation among seed and chemical firms. Analysis explains how each affects a grower's margin. Aimed at farm owners, managers and the lenders and advisers working with them.
Agribusiness examines the commercial structure surrounding production: cooperatives and elevators, processors and input suppliers, farmland ownership and rental rates, agricultural credit, and consolidation among seed and chemical firms. Analysis explains how each affects a grower's margin. Aimed at farm owners, managers and the lenders and advisers working with them.
USDA's 2025 Land Values Summary put average U.S. farm real estate at $4,350 per acre, and the forces behind that record still matter for 2026 buyers and sellers.
Tanya Brooks · December 30, 2025