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Iowa farmland values decline nearly 9%

The Iowa Realtors Land Institute farmland survey through March shows the average value of cropland fell to $6,732 an acre, 8.7 percent lower less than a year ago, or 22.5 percent lower in 2013. Farm incomes gave been dropping at even higher rates. SILT helps farmers take land access out of the equation, lowering the need for huge capital investment and reducing the risk of defaulting on payments. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2016/03/30/survey-iowa-farmland-values-decline-nearly-9-percent/82430564/

2023-09-13T11:38:40-05:00April 4th, 2016|News|0 Comments

Iowa Land Access Forum

Thursday March 31st, a group of beginning farmers, organizations and service providers gathered to talk about the challenges around land access in Iowa. The conversation was facilitated by National Young Farmers Coalition's Holly, who asked participants about their successes and challenges around land access, as well as the opportunities they saw. Many of the priorities discussed are part of SILT's mission: to protect land to grow healthy food long term leasing opportunities working with landowners to provide easements that preserve the land Help SILT help beginning farmers by donating or volunteering, and learn more about these land access forums here: https://www.youngfarmers.org/policy/landaccess/ [...]

2023-09-13T11:40:39-05:00April 1st, 2016|News|0 Comments
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