Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Local farmland values highest in Hawkeye State this year
The average price per acre of O'Brien County farmland dipped from $16,313 in 2023 to $15,921 this year.
Though down from the previous year, farmland values in O'Brien County once again earned the label of priciest in the state in 2024.
The annual Iowa State University Land Value Survey found the average price per acre of O'Brien County farmland dipped from $16,313 in 2023 to $15,921 this year. The average was the most expensive in Iowa in 2024 and marked the second time in the last three years that O'Brien County topped the list. Last year, Sioux County took home first while O'Brien was tops in 2022.
Statewide, farmland values decreased 3.1 percent, or $369, to $11,467 per acre. The slump this y...
