E220: Farmland Market 2025: A Look Ahead

In the last decade, farmland prices have shifted under the pressure of farm policy, a global pandemic, a changing interest rate regime, and a broader market anxious for safe investments. The picture of US farmland today is mixed, with some record sales still hitting inboxes even as many properties go unsold at auction. These mixed signals have left some producers wondering– what’s going on with the farmland markets?  Today, we’re joined by DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger, who's been following the story, looking to what’s ahead, and brings us some answers. We’ll discuss how worried growers should be about what seems to be a growing trend of institutional purchasing of farmland– from foreign owners to Wall Street to Bill Gates. Then we’ll talk about debt, interest rates, and why the farmland market today is still unlike the one many farmers experienced during the 1980s farm crisis. We’ll look forward to the likely impacts of the US political transition, and talk about how other emerging trends, from farmland succession to advanced farmland technology might alter the space going forward. Plus, we’ll hear a preview about the 2024 DTN Ag Summit entitled New Year, New Administration ... New Markets? Click here to register.