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Land Trends and Value Survey Reports Slight Decrease in Iowa Farmland Values
The Land Trends and Value Survey, presented by the Iowa Farm and Land Chapter #2 REALTORS Land Institute, reported a 1.2% decrease on a statewide average for the March 2025 to September 2025 time period. This follows the September 2024 to March 2025 time period that showed a 1.0% decrease, giving us a 12-month decrease of 2.2% for the State of Iowa on tillable acres. After rapid increases in values in 2021 and 2022, the land market has continued its sideways trend through much of 2025. Timberland (down 0.8%) followed the trend of tillable acres, while Pastureland acres have been able to post gains of 3.3% the last six months.
Survey respondents described the market as stable, despite downward movements in corn and soybean prices in recent months. Lack of inventory is helping hold land values firm, along with the expectation for an above-average crop for most of Iowa this fall and strong cattle prices. Respondents are curious to see how the farmland market will respond to the seasonal increase in farms for sale through the fall and winter months.
"The slight decrease in land values is expected with current farm revenue, however, the low supply of available farms in our area has minimized that decrease," said Eric Schlutz, ALC, Realtor, and Manager of the Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors Muscatine Office.
"The land survey results were pretty much as expected. It reflects generally a stable farmland market overall, although our local market in eastern Iowa and western Illinois continues to show strength in values of high-quality cropland. However, sales have been few, and there is just not much on the market presently, which has helped values. Factors affecting land values continue to be low commodity prices and higher interest rates, which are offset by good cattle prices, hog production returns, and low inventory of available land for sale. These factors will continue to impact land values over this next farm selling season," said Dennis Stolk, ALC, Farm and Land Specialist with Ruhl Farm&Land.
For the survey, participants are asked to estimate the average value of farmland as of September 1, 2025. These estimates are for bare, unimproved land with a sale price on a cash basis. Pasture and timberland values were also requested as supplemental information.
Ruhl Farm&Land, a division of Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors, is focused on the sale, purchase, and marketing of land, farms, and acreages.
