Campus Units
Economics, Marketing, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2018
Journal or Book Title
Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
First Page or Article ID Number
1
Last Page
16
Abstract
Using agricultural professionals’ forecasts of future farmland values and corn and soybean cash prices for their service area, we analyze whether their land and corresponding crop price expectations are consistent. We find that changes in expected land prices over time are positively correlated with expected crop price changes, suggesting these two forecasts are somewhat consistent. More importantly, we find that the linkage between these two forecasts is significantly stronger in the mediumand long-term as opposed to the shortterm, as well as a substantially stronger correlation for districts that have heavier reliance on crop production as a net farm income source.
Copyright Owner
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Wendong; Zhang, Wei; and Hart, Chad, "Are Agricultural Professionals’ Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent?" (2018). Economics Publications. 671.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/671
Comments
This article is published as Zhang, W., W. Zhang, and C. Hart. “Are Agricultural Professionals’ Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent?” Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (2018): 1‐16. Posted with permission.