Iowa's economy runs on ground - drought conditions, land records, and auction results reveal stress and opportunity in row-crop and rural land markets months before headlines catch up.
USDA NASS · Ag & Land
Yields, acreage, condition, prices, cash rents to county level
AG Weekly free
View source → ISU Extension (CARD) · Ag & Land
County-level farmland values, the benchmark series since 1941
AGRE Annual free
View source → ISU Extension · Ag & Land
County cash rents by land quality - lender/landlord negotiation anchor
AG Annual free
View source → ISU Extension · Ag & Land
Budgets, custom rates, outlooks - interpretation raw material
AG Monthly free
View source → USDA NASS · Ag & Land
Farm counts, size distribution, operator age by county - structural change
AGED Annual free
View source → USDA AMS · Ag & Land
Local cash grain bids and basis - my.marketnews.usda.gov API
AG Live / Daily free
View source → USDA RMA · Ag & Land
Crop-insurance indemnities by county/cause - where stress actually paid out
AG Monthly free
View source → USDA FSA · Ag & Land
Program payments (ARC/PLC, CRP) by county
AG Annual free
View source → USDA FSA · Ag & Land
CRP acres/rental rates by county - land-use shift signal
AGRE Monthly free
View source → BigIron · Ag & Land
Equipment + land auction results - rural liquidity/stress proxy
AGRE Live / Daily free
View source → Steffes Group · Ag & Land
Land auction listings & results in the upper Midwest
AGRE Live / Daily free
View source → Sullivan Auctioneers · Ag & Land
Land auction results incl. price per acre
AGRE Live / Daily free
View source → Hertz · Ag & Land
Farmland sale comps and market commentary
AGRE Monthly free
View source → Farmers National · Ag & Land
Land values commentary, auction calendar
AGRE Monthly free
View source → CoStar · Ag & Land
Asking prices and days-on-market for land listings
REAG Live / Daily free
View source → ISU CARD · Ag & Land
Interactive county land value explorer
AGRE Annual free
View source → USDA NRCS · Ag & Land
Soil productivity (CSR2) for any parcel - the $/acre denominator
AGRE Live / Daily free
View source → U.S. EIA · Ag & Land
Ethanol production/margins - 55% of Iowa corn demand
AGED Monthly free
View source → CME Group · Ag & Land
Corn/soy futures & spreads context for local basis
AG Live / Daily free
View source → IDALS · Ag & Land
Regulatory notices, cost-share programs, dairy/livestock news
AG Varies free
View source → ISU Extension · Ag & Land
Who owns Iowa land, age of owners - succession wave sizing
AGRE Annual free
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