Across the Midwest, farmland prices more than doubled over the past two years — making it difficult for young farmers to grow their businesses. Farmland is a limited resource, and over the past year, ...

Surrounded by rows of soybeans and corn, Hans Bishop’s farm in central Illinois was an anomaly. He grew kale, peppers, eggplants and radishes, selling to Whole Foods from June through October and to ...

Across the Midwest, farmland prices have risen sharply from last year, in part because of high commodity prices and a global food shortage. The highly competitive market, which often includes ...

Midwest farmers both embrace and reject large solar power developments on farmland. Some make far more money leasing land than growing crops. Others worry about taking good land out of production. As ...

Farmland values in the upper Midwest continued to rise in 2023, surpassing the highest levels ever in many areas. The very high net farm income levels in 2021 and 2022 provided many farm operators ...

Lin Warfel puts farmland owners in central Illinois into two categories: Those with a deep connection and desire to preserve their land, and those obsessed with short-term money. The 80-year-old still ...

CHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - Farmland values in the U.S. Midwest, one of the world's key grain and livestock production areas, rose 4 in the first three months of 2010 from a year earlier, a Federal ...