Top Farmer Conference: January 10, 2025

As one of the most successful and longest-running management programs specifically crafted for farmers, the Purdue Top Farmer Conference is a one-day event for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals looking to navigate the complexities of today's agricultural landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers and hear from farm management experts and agricultural economists from Purdue, Farm Credit Services of America, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Acres, a land value data analytics company.

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Indiana Land Values and Cash Rents

Note: The charts in this article were taken from physical copy scans – as the original documents no longer exist. These versions are very blurry – we apologize in advance for the quality. This year began for Indiana farm people with the economically disturbing news of the Russian grain embargo. Farm costs rose, interest rates…

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Increasing Strength in Indiana Land Values

Note: The charts in this article were taken from physical copy scans – as the original documents no longer exist. These versions are very blurry – we apologize in advance for the quality. The 1979 Land Values Survey was made possible by the cooperation of 210 persons who are knowledgeable about land values and cash…

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Indiana Land Prices and Cash Rents

Would-be land buyers who were ready to take the plunge at a IO percent lower price had their chance in the central and northern parts of the state about a year ago. But the drop in land prices was accompanied by, no doubt caused by, lower grain prices. With corn at S 1.50 to $…

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Indiana Farm Land Prices

Farm land prices increased at record rates last fall and winter. The USDA reported a state average increase of 32 per cent for the year ending February 1, 1977. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported a 37 per cent state-wide increase for the year ending April 1 with the central part of the state…

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Land Values Continue to Increase

For the fourth consecutive year, Indiana farm real estate values have increased sharply. This is according to estimates of 12.5 farm managers, lenders, appraisers and broken who were involved last year in about 2,500 loans and contracts, 200 farm sales and nearly 3,000 appraisals. Respondents reported estimates of per acre values of top, average and…

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Cash Rent for Land

Cash renting of farm land in Indiana has been increasing for a decade or more. Recent increases in prices of land, farm products and production inputs have prompted many questions about land rental rates. Cash Renting Can Improve Management Well-financed tenants who are good managers may increase profits by taking over all the management decisions.…

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Is the Land Boom Fizzling?

Farm land values in Indiana may decline between the spring and fall of this year. This conclusion is based on a mid-June sur­vey of over 100 appraisers, brokers, farm managers and lenders. If correct, this may mean the end of the big land boom which began in late 1972. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago…

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