August 7, 2020

Indiana Farmland Values & Cash Rental Rates: 2020 Update Webinar

The recording of our August 7th Indiana Farmland Values & Cash Rental Rates: 2020 Update webinar is available for viewing. The slides used during the presentation are also available for download. A companion episode on the Purdue Commercial AgCast podcast is also available below or any platform where you access your podcasts.

Purdue agricultural economists Todd Kuethe, James Mintert, and Michael Langemeier breakdown the results from the Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey conducted in June and compared that with USDA’s recent Land Values report.

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