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Farm income, land values decline: St. Louis Fed

Feb 18, 2017
Feb 18, 2017

Land Values chart — Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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ST. LOUIS — Midwest and Mid-South farm income and expenditures fell during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Meanwhile, quality farmland values and ranchland or pastureland values also declined.

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