Kansas Farmland Prices Soaring

A combine harvests wheat near Mount Hope in Sedgwick County. Andrew Tade/Special to KMUW
A combine harvests wheat near Mount Hope in Sedgwick County. Andrew Tade/Special to KMUW

Rising cropland values could both hurt and help Kansas farmers as general inflation already adds uncertainty to 2022.

Soaring prices define the market for land in Kansas farm country.

Farm real estate and cropland values in Kansas jumped more than 10% this year compared to last year. That’s good and bad news for Kansas agribusiness, largely depending on whether a farming operation already owns land …