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Category Archives: Agricultural policy
Comparing the latest USDA land value estimates with observed land prices
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its 2025 state-level data on farmland values. These estimates come from a survey in which producers are asked to report how much their land would sell for in a market transaction. As … Continue reading
How have wildfires affected the value of agricultural land in Oregon?
By Kenneth Annan and Dan Bigelow Disclaimer: This post presents an updated version of a paper I presented at the 2025 AAEA Conference. The results are preliminary and have not been peer-reviewed. Wildfires pose environmental, health, and economic threats … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural policy, Farmland, Natural Resources
Tagged farmland, land values, Oregon, wildfire
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Are farmland conservation easements associated with greater farm investment?
In this post, I’m going to present an overview of a recently published paper on the relationship between farmland conservation easements and farm investment. Before I dive into the paper, I first want to provide a brief overview of how … Continue reading
Farmland loss and land development: More on the misuse of statistics from the Census of Agriculture
During last week’s hearing for the Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire, Kelly Howsley-Glover (President, The Association of County Planning Directors) cited some of my blog posts concerning how to interpret the decrease in Oregon’s farmland reported in … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural policy, Farmland, Land use, Natural Resources
Tagged Census of Agriculture, farmland, land use, Oregon
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Do trends in Oregon’s cropland prices reflect farm profitability?
In agricultural economics, we typically think of the value of farmland as representing the discounted stream of net income (or profit) that accrues to the landowner. This is sometimes referred to as the “fundamental market value of farmland.” Future net … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural policy, Economic policy, Farmland
Tagged Agriculture, cash rent, farmland, land values
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Does the Conservation Reserve Program promote organic transition?
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) spends upwards of $20 million dollars each year in an effort to support and grow the organic agricultural industry. One thing that makes obtaining organic certification difficult and risky for producers is what’s known … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural policy, Farmland, Land use
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