USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2021 average farm real estate values. The average per acre value of land and buildings on farms across the U.S. was $3,380, up from $3,160 in 2019 and 2020. That is a record value and a 7 percent jump from last year, the biggest percentage increase since 2014. Excluding buildings and assets, crop land values increased 8 percent to $4,420. This is the second highest percentage increase since 2013, when crop land values rose 14 percent. This increase in crop land reflects all the factors that get capitalized into land values: higher crop prices, lower interest rates, and bigger government payments.  

Crop Prices, using corn (the largest acreage crop) as a proxy. T...