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National Surveys
Farmland Index (National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries)

Agricultural Land Values and Cash Rents (National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Regional Surveys
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

State Surveys
Alabama
2000 Alabama Farmland Values and Cash Rents - PDF (Auburn University)
Arkansas
Arkansas Land Values & Cash Rents, Aug., 2004 - PDF (Arkansas Agricultural Statistics Service)
California
2006 vineyard land market trends 9/06 (Tony Correia, Wine Industry Financial Symposium)
2006 vineyard land market trends 9/06 (Mark Clarke, Wine Industry Financial Symposium)
Implications of Climate Change for Farmland Value: Preliminary Estimates for California (3/2005, Schlenker, Hanemann & Fisher)
Trends in Agricultural Land and Lease Values-Great Central Valley—PDF 4/2005 (Tony Correia, Correia-Xavier Inc.)
Trends in Agricultural Land and Lease Values-Coastal and Southern Inland Valley—PDF 2/2005 (Mark Clarke, RABO Agrifinance Inc.)
Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values, 2003 - PDF (California Chapter – ASFMRA)
Financial Rewards: What Programs Compensate Landowners - PDF (Univ. of Calif.-Davis)
Colorado
Florida
2008 Florida Land Value Survey 4/09 (Univ. of Florida)
2007 Florida Land Value Survey 3/08 (Univ. of Florida)
2006 Florida Land Value Survey 5/06 (Univ. of Florida)
Hoover Dike Study (4/27/06)
2005 Florida Land Value Survey (Univ. of Florida)
2004 Florida Land Value Survey (Univ. of Florida)
2003 Florida Land Value Survey (Univ. of Florida)
2002 Florida Land Value Survey (Univ. of Florida)
County Property Values & Tax Impacts of Florida’s Citrus Industry (Univ. of Florida)
Georgia
Agricultural Land Sale Prices in the State of Georgia, 2007 (University of Georgia)
Agricultural Land Sale Prices in the State of Georgia, 2002 (University of Georgia)
Idaho
Idaho Farm Real Estate Values & Cash Rent (Idaho Agricultural Statistics Service)
Illinois
Soil Productivity Index Ratings for Illinois soils (Univ. of Illinois)
Farmland price increases continue-are they in line with farmland returns? 3/07 (Univ. of Illinois)
2007 Land Values Presentation-Powerpoint (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers)
2006 Certified Farmland Values for Calculating Assessments (IL Farm Bureau)
2005 Land Values Presentation—Powerpoint (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers)
2005 Farmland Values Report—$ (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers)
2004 Mid-Year Land Value Survey Executive Summary—PDF (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers) 
2004 Land Values Presentation—PowerPoint (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers)
2003 Land Values Presentation—PDF (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers)
Illinois Land Sales  Bulletin—$
Farmland Lease Survey - 2001 (Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers)
Indiana
2009 Purdue Land Values Survey 8/09 (Purdue Univ.)
2008 Purdue Land Values Survey 8/08 (Purdue Univ.)
2007 Purdue Land Values Survey 8/-07(Purdue Univ.)
2006 Purdue Land Values Survey 8/06 (Purdue Univ.)
2005 Purdue Land Values Survey 8/05 (Purdue University)
2005 Outlook for Indiana Farmland Values and Cash Rents, Aug. 2004 (Purdue University)
Indiana Farmland Values & Cash Rents Continue to Climb, Aug. 2004 (Purdue University)
Agricultural Land Values, August 2003-PDF (Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service)
Iowa
2009 Iowa Land Value survey 12/09 (Iowa State Univ.)
2008 Iowa Land Value Survey 1/09 (Iowa State Univ.)
9/08 Iowa Land Trends & Values Survey (Iowa Farm & Land Chapter #2 RLI) 
3/07Iowa Land Trends & Values Survey (Iowa Farm & Land Chapter #2 RLI)
2007 Iowa Land Value Survey 1/08 (Iowa State Univ.)
2006 Iowa Land Value Survey 12/06 (Iowa State Univ.)
9/2006 Land Trends & Values (Iowa Farm & Land Chapter #2 RLI)
Returns to Iowa Farmland 1970-2006 (Iowa State Univ.)
Farmland Purchase Analysis Excel File (Iowa State Univ.)
2005 Iowa Land Value Survey 12/13/2005 (Iowa State Univ.)
March 2005 Iowa Land Trends and Values Survey—PDF (Realtors Land Institute)
Iowa Corn and Soybean County Yields—PDF 4/2005 (Iowa State Univ.)
Trends in Iowa Farmland Ownership 10/2004 (Iowa State Univ.)
Iowa Historic County Farmland Values-PDF (Iowa State University)
Iowa Land Sales Report - $  (Land Sales Inc.)
Kansas
2009 Kansas land prices and cash rental rates 3/10 (Kansas State Univ.
2009 Kansas land values and cash rents at the county level 9/09 (Kansas State Univ.)
2008 Kansas land values and cash rents at the county level 9/5/08 (Kansas State Univ.)
2007 Kansas Land Prices and Cash Rental Rates 10/07 (Kansas State Univ.)
2007 county level land values & cash rents 8/07 (Kansas State University)
Land Values & Cash Rental Rates, revised 10/06 (Kansas State University)
2006 Agricultural Land Values (Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service)
Land Values and Cash Rents at the County Level 8/06 (Kansas State University)
Kansas Land Sales and Cash Rents (Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service)
125 Years of Farmland Values in Kansas 1870-1997--PDF (Kansas State University)
Louisiana
An Empirical Analysis of the Louisiana Rural Land Market—PDF 3/1997 (Louisiana State University) 
Michigan
2007 Michigan Land Values & Leasing Rates 12/07 (Mich. State Univ.)
2005 Michigan Land Values & Leasing Rates 1/06 (Mich. State Univ.)
 Michigan Farm Real Estate Values
 and Cash Rents, January 2004 (Mich. Agricultural Stats. Svc.)

2003 Michigan Land Values-PDF (Michigan State University)
Minnesota
Minnesota Farm Real Estate Sales: 1990-2007 (Univ. Of Minn.)
Minnesota Farm Real Estate Sales: 1990-2006 (Univ. Of Minn.)
Minnesota Land Economics (University of Minn.)
Cropland Rental Rates for 2003 & Earlier Years - PDF (University of Minn.)
Mississippi
2007-08 Land Values (Miss. State Univ.)
Missouri
2009 Farm Land Values Opinion Survey 8/09 (Univ. of Missouri)
2009 Farm Land Values for Missouri Counties 2/09 (Univ. of Missouri)
2009 Farm Land Values 3/09 (Univ. of Missouri)
2008 Farm Land Values Opinion Survey 8/08 (Univ. of Missouri)
Index of prior year Missouri land value surveys 2002-present  (Univ. of Missouri)
Avg. farm real estate values/acre (land & buildings) 1912-2008 (Univ. of Missouri)
Missouri Ag Land Values, 8/2004 (Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service)
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Farm Real Estate Research
2008-2009 Farm Real Estate Market Developments (Univ. of Neb.)
2007-2008 Farm Real Estate Market Developments (Univ. of Neb.)
2006-2007 Farm Real Estate Market Developments (Univ. of Neb.)
Nebraska’s Agricultural Land Markets: Dynamic & Diverse, 2006 (Univ. of Neb.)
2005-2006 Farm Real Estate Market Developments (Univ. of Neb.)
New York
North Carolina
Farm Real Estate Values (North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
North Dakota
2010 County Rents & Values 4/10 (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
2009 County Rents & Values 3/09 (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
2007 County Rents & Values 3/07 (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
2007 Rents & Values analysis (North Dakota State Univ.)
2006 County Rents & Values 4/06 (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
North Dakota Land Values Report Index (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
Ohio
Western Ohio Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2009-10 (Ohio State. Univ.)
2009 Cropland Values & Cash Rents 3/09 (Ohio State Univ.)
Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2007-08 (Ohio State Univ.)
Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2006-07 (Ohio State University)
Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2005-06 (Ohio State University)
Ohio Cash Rents & Farm Real Estate Values (Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service)
Ohio Farm Real Estate Markets, 2003—PDF (Ohio State University)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Land Values Website (Oklahoma State University)
Ag Land Values & Cash Rent, Aug. 2004 - PDF (Oklahoma Agricultural Statistics Service)
Oklahoma Cropland Rental Rates: 2002-03 - PDF (Oklahoma State University)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Farm Real Estate Value, 2000-2004 - PDF  (Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service)
Cash Rent Per Acre, 2004 - PDF  (Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service)
South Dakota
Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991-2010 (SDSU)
Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991-2008 (SDSU)
2007 Agricultural Land Market Trends (SDSU)
2006 Farmland Market Trends (SDSU)
2006 County Level Land Rents & Values (NASS)
Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991-2006 (SDSU)
Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991-2005 (SDSU)
2004 County Level Land Rents & Values (South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service)
Pasture and Grazing Land Pricing Information 1/2003 (SDSU)
Texas
Rural Land Values (Real Estate Center – Texas A&M University)
Virginia
Land Lease Survey Report for Southeast Virginia (Virginia Cooperative Extension)
Washington	
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Land Sales Reports (Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service)
Wisconsin Ag Land Values 2001-2009 2/10 (Arlin Brannstrom, Univ. of Wis.)
Wisconsin Farm Land Values: Past Trends, Current Conditions, and Future Directions - Powerpoint file 1/05 (Bruce Jones, Univ. of Wis.)

Wyoming
Wyoming Farm, Ranch & Rural Land Market 2002-2004 12/05 (University of Wyoming) 
International
New South Wales, Australia
Department of Lands 
Bulgaria
Agricultural Land Market in Bulgaria (slides from 5/05 FAO presentation)
Canada
Spring 2010 Farmland Values Report (Farm Credit Canada)
Fall 2009 Farmland Values Report (Farm Credit Canada)
Spring 2009 Farmland Values Report (Farm Credit Canada)
Fall 2008 Farmland Values Report (Farm Credit Canada)
Spring 2008 Farmland Values Report (Farm Credit Canada)
Farmland Values Online (Farm Credit Canada)
Alberta land values & transfers 1970- (Govt. of Alberta)
2008 Value of Farm Capital (Statistics Canada)
United Kingdom
2009 2H RICS Rural Land Market Survey (Royal Inst. of Chartered Surveyors)
2009 1H RICS Rural Land Market Survey (Royal Inst. of Chartered Surveyors)
2008 IPD UK Rural Property Index (Investment Property Databank)
IPD Rural Property Index Page (Investment Property Databank)
Index of Previous Rural Market Surveys (Royal Inst. Of Chartered Surveyors)
Agricultural Land Sales and Prices in England  (U.K. National Statistics)
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