Nebraska Farm Real Estate

2022-2023 Farm Real Estate Report and Highlights by Region

Visit the 2023 Nebraska Farm Real Estate webpage for the full report, including regional data on farmland values and rental rates, and other highlights based on results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Authored by Jim Jansen and Jeffrey Stokes.

Preliminary Report: Nebraska Farmland Values and Cash Rental Rates in 2023

Final Report: Coming June 2023

2021-2022 Farm Real Estate Report and Highlights by Region

Visit the 2022 Nebraska Farm Real Estate webpage for the full report, regional data and highlights, including continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Authored by Jim Jansen and Jeffrey Stokes.

Preliminary Report: 2022 Nebraska Farmland Values and Cash Rental Rates

Final Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2021-22

2020-2021 Farm Real Estate Report and Highlights by Region

Visit the 2021 Nebraska Farm Real Estate webpage for the full report, regional data and highlights, including interest rate levels, crop prices and impacts of COVID-19 pandemic disaster assistance payments, based on results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Authored by Jim Jansen and Jeffrey Stokes.

Preliminary Report: 2021 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report

Final Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2020-21

2019-2020 Farm Real Estate Report and Highlights by Region

Visit the 2020 Nebraska Farm Real Estate webpage for the full report, regional data and highlights based on results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Authored by Jim Jansen and Jeffrey Stokes.

Preliminary Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Values Improve Despite Uncertainty in 2020

Final Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2019-20

2018-2019 Farm Real Estate Report and Highlights by Region

Visit the 2019 Nebraska Farm Real Estate webpage for the full report, regional data and highlights, and two presentations with author Jim Jansen addressing trends in land values and rental rates. These resources are hosted on the Department of Agricultural Economics website.

Preliminary Report: Average Ag Land Values Drop 3% from a Year Ago

Final Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2018-19 (June 26, 2019).

2017-2018 Farm Real Estate Report

Reports agricultural land values and rental rates for Nebraska as well as changes from a year earlier, based on results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. The February 2018 survey of nearly 120 expert-panel members from across the state provided current information and insight regarding the agricultural land market conditions in their areas. They also provided details of actual sales transactions over the previous 12 months.

Preliminary Report: The March 14, 2018, Cornhusker Economics, 2018 Trends in Nebraska Farmland Values and Rental Rates.

Final Report: Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2017-18.

2016-2017 Farm Real Estate Report

The Cornhusker Economics for March 15, 2017, Trends in Nebraska Farmland Markets: Declining Agricultural Land Values and Rental Rates, includes a discussion on agland real estate, breakdown of real estate rates by district, and tables of average farmland value and land rental rates by district. The author is Jim Jansen, Nebraska Extension agricultural systems economist.

2015-2016 Preliminary Farm Real Estate Report

Preliminary findings from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2016 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey indicate that as of Feb. 1, 2016, the weighted average farmland value declined by about 4 percent over the prior 12-month period to $3,135 per acre. This decline marks the second consecutive year of lower weighted average farmland values in Nebraska. Read More»