The cost to rent an acre of Iowa farmland increased nine percent last year to a record $279. Iowa State University’s Alejandro Plastina says the strong farm economy drove the increase. “We saw a great ...

According to an Iowa State University study, 58% of Iowa’s farmland is under a lease, which is up 1 million acres since the study was last conducted in 2017. Researchers’ findings reveal farmland ...

The 2025 survey of cash rental rates for Iowa farmland shows that rates decreased, on average, by 2.9% in 2025 to $271 per acre. This is the first decline in cash rents since 2019, after a peak of ...

The average rental rates for Iowa farmland decreased by about 2.9% this year, to about $271 per acre, according to an annual survey conducted by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.