...Kenneth Hsien Yung Chung; Peter Adriaens Purpose This paper aims to quantify the impact of environmental contamination on farmland valuation. It applies data fusion and hedonic pricing approaches to quantify the contribution of nitrogen and phosphorus loading on farmland sales transactions...

...Albulena Basha; Wendong Zhang; Chad Hart Purpose This paper quantifies the effects of recent Federal Reserve interest rate changes, specifically recent hikes and cuts in the federal funds rate since 2015, on Midwest farmland values. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply three...

...Nicholas Paulson; Bruce J. Sherrick; Mindy L. Mallory; Timothy Hopper Purpose Relatively high recent returns to farmland investments have led to substantially elevated interest in farmland investments. Absent, however, is a well‐functioning equity market in farmland real estate, or well‐developed...

...Christopher Zakrzewicz; B. Wade Brorsen; Brian C. Briggeman Purpose Consistent and reliable data on farmland values is critical to assessing the overall financial health of agricultural producers. However, little is known about the idiosyncrasies and similarities of standard land value data...