ISU Survey Shows Slight Increase in Farmland Values Statewide
The annual Iowa State University Extension farmland survey shows land values statewide increased by point-seven percent an acre in 2025. ISU’s Rabail Chandio oversees the survey.
The increase brings the statewide average this year for an acre of farmland to 11-thousand-549. She says when you consider inflation, land values are holding steady.
Six of the nine crop districts reported increases in land values.
The crop district in the northeast corner of the state saw a land value increase of four-point-one percent. Chandio says the money made from cattle was better than for crops.
Chandio says the lack of available farmland for purchase helped keep prices up.
The top negative factor in the value of farmland are the continued low commodity prices.
O’Brien County once again has the highest county-level land values at 16-thousand-269 dollars an acre. And the lowest land values are again reported in Appanoose County that stand at six-thousand-679 dollars an acre. Delaware County’s farmland value is 13-thousand-891 dollars per acre – that’s the second-highest in eastern Iowa and seventh-highest in the state.
story courtesy of Radio Iowa/image courtesy of ISU Extension
