ISU survey shows 5.1 percent hike in farmland values

DES MOINES (AP) — An annual survey showed Iowa’s farmland values continue to climb, increasing 5.1 percent from last year, but some real estate experts said those prices have already begun to fall. The 2013 Iowa Land Value Survey found that farmland values rose to more than $8,700 an acre. It was the fourth year in a row that farmland values rose in the Iowa State University survey of nearly 500 real estate ...