What’s driving rising farmland prices?

<p>Welcome to Episode 88 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, Dr. Wendong Zhang (an Iowa State University economics professor) shares the factors driving rising farmland practices in Iowa, Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill reflects on Farm Bureau's work (as Hill wraps up his final term as president), and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig introduces a new grant program for farmers who are looking to diversify the ag products they grow and how they sell those products.</p> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.card.iastate.edu/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ISU Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)</a> - ISU Land Value Survey will be released on December 14</li> <li><a href= "https://bit.ly/landvalue2021">https://bit.ly/landvalue2021</a> - for farm managers, ag lenders, appraisers, brokers, and others who are knowledgeable about local land markets to participate in ISU's land value survey</li> <li><a href="https://www.chooseiowa.com/grant-program" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Choose Iowa Marketing and Promotion Grant Program</a> - December 15 application deadline</li> </ul>