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 ...
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.