Linking the Price of Agricultural Land to Use Values and Amenities

Allison Borchers, Jennifer Ifft and Todd Kuethe ()

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, vol. 96, issue 5, 1307-1320

Abstract: The recent appreciation in agricultural land values across the United States has raised a number of important questions for farmers, farmland owners, lenders, and policy makers. While traditional economic theory suggests that farmland values are determined by the discounted stream of expected returns, previous research has shown that agricultural land values are actually driven by a complex set of factors. This study leverages the unique characteristics of a national land-based USDA survey on farmland values and cash rents to estimate broad, national-level determinants of the market value of cropland and pastureland. Our results support past research findings that indicate farmland values are only partially explained by agricultural returns. We find that multiple nonagricultural attributes of farmland also contribute to the market value.

Date: 2014
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