Illinois Farm Real Estate Continues Double Digit Increase

Compiled by staff

Published: Aug 7, 2012

Each year the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the USDA releases estimated average farm real estate values by state. The estimates are based on surveys of farmers from selected geographical areas.

Average Illinois Farm Real Estate Value - The average Illinois farm real estate values from 1970 through 2012 are listed in Table 1 and graphically in Figure 1. The average farm real estate value for Illinois in 2012 was $6,700 per acre, the highest on record. This includes the value of all land and buildings. The figure was 17.5 percent higher than the 2011 average of $5,700 per acre. The 2012 increase continues the upward trend of Illinois farm real estate values. Since 2000, Illinois farm real estate values have increased 196 percent.

Since 1970, average farm real estate values have declined only six times as compared to the previous year. Those years were 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 2009. There have been four years when farm real estate values increased over 20 percent, in 1974, 1976, 1977 and 2005. The largest increase was in 1977 when values rose 37.3 percent.

From 1994 through 1999, average farm real estate values increased between 4.2 % and 9% annually. From 2000 to 2004, farm real estate increased between 1.3% and 5.3%. From 2005 to 2009 the change in average farm real estate values had ranged from -0.4% to 25.4%. Since 2009, the increase in farmland values has averaged 14%.

More information is available at:

http://www.farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2012/08/illinois_farm_real_estate_cont.html

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