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Most Iowa farmland is debt-free, which is one reason prices have not broken

Grain elevators at Somers, Iowa, at sunset

Iowa State economist Rabail Chandio says 84% of Iowa farmland carries no debt, which lets owners sit tight in a quiet market instead of selling into it. She also cautions that farmland is not a house you can flip.

Iowa farmland values look steady heading into ISU’s December survey

A cornfield at harvest near Missouri Valley, Iowa

Iowa State economist Rabail Chandio expects the state’s December land-value survey to show only a small move, “below a 5% change in either direction,” after a year of somewhat better crop receipts and a market that has already plateaued.