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Despite increasing financial pressure on crop producers, farmland values remain resilient, they said. Both cropland and pastureland values increased in 2026 compared to 25. When asked about farmland value expectations for the next six months, farmers generally expected cropland and pastureland values to either remain stable or increase.
While 18 to 9 percent of the respondents expected increases in irrigated and non-irrigated cropland values, 44 percent anticipated another increase in pastureland values over the next six months. The survey comments suggest that continued demand from non-agricultural investors and alternate land uses has really helped support farmland prices despite weaker farm profitability. Overall, they said farmland values have remained strong, but the declining crop returns and rising production costs continue to be a plague on the agriculture of today.
Audio Reporting by Tyron Spearman for Southeast AgNet.