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Despite the decline, the average value of Iowa farmland remains 58.3% higher than it was five years ago, the report found. ... The highest per-acre farmland sale was $30,000 in Sioux County in 2022.
Iowa's farmland values climbed 3.7% this year over 2022 to average $11,835 per acre, an Iowa State University survey shows. It's the fifth year the statewide average has increased, the survey shows.
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This is lower than the economic impact in Iowa of non-farm manufacturing, which accounts for 22.4% of total value added and 26.5% of total output. [3] Iowa's main agricultural outputs are hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle, eggs and dairy products. Iowa is the nation's largest producer of ethanol and corn.
Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7] Polk County contains the state's capital and largest city, Des Moines. In addition, Iowa has one of the smallest percentages of counties whose boundaries are dictated by natural means, the vast ...
The farm is also famous as site of a visit on September 23, 1959, by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. [3] The visit was not their first meeting, and it was by Khrushchev's request. Garst's farm had been visited by Soviet officials first in 1955, as an unofficial extra when they were on an organized tour of smaller farms.
More: As ag downturn, layoffs continue, Iowa farmland sees first drop in value in five years Farmers earlier resisted sales as corn and soy futures prices sank to 2020 lows this year under ...
Where foreign land ownership factors most in Iowa is in wind and solar energy production, rather than crop and livestock production. In 2021, renewable energy companies held about 90% of the state ...