Farm Management Tour: July 17, 2024

Learn about innovative farm management strategies, new technologies for improving efficiency and productivity, ways to ensure a successful transition of farm operations to the next generation. Join us at the 91st annual Purdue Farm Management Tour and reception honoring the 2024 Indiana Master Farmers in Randolph County (Winchester), Indiana on Wednesday, July 17th.

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Farmland

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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