Nebraska Farm Real Estate

Current Reports

• Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments Report 2008-09 (released in June 2009)  (.pdf 1.4)
• Agricultural Property and Property Taxation by Bruce Johnson (9-9-09)
• Nebraska Leads in Irrigated Land by Bruce Johnson and Ryan Lukassen (6-10-09)
  
• Nebraska Farmland Markets Plateau by Bruce Johnson and Ryan Lukassen  Preliminary Results published in Cornhusker Economics Newsletter March 25, 2009
• Has the Ethanol Industry Impacted Nebraska Land Values? Ben Blomendahl and Bruce Johnson (4-8-09)

Historical Tables:

The following Tables can be found in the Appendix of each report, but are listed here for convenience.

• Average Reported Value of Nebraska Farmland by Type of Land (1978-present)--Appendix Table 4
• Census of Agricultural County Farmland Values updated to 2007  (1940-2007)
• Farm Real Estate Values in Nebraska, USDA Historical Series (1860-present)--Appendix Table 1
• Historical Average Cash Rental Rates of Nebraska Farmland by Type of Land (1981-present)--Appendix Table 6  (.pdf 1.4)

Tools and Related Information

• 2008 County- Level Cash Rents (Source: Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA)
• Agricultural Land Values and Rents in Turbulent Economic Times
• Farm Lease Calculator (this is an Excel file)(revised11-18-2009)
• Farm Lease Termination by David Aiken (8-16-06)
• Farm Real Estate Ownership Transfer Patterns
• Landowner Wind Energy Associations by J. David Aiken (1-21-09) 
• Nebraska Appraisers (Real Estate) by County  
• Nebraska Livestock Friendly Counties:
• Nebraska Map
• Associated Laws and Regulations  
  
• Rental Agreement Lease Forms (free to download - PDF format)
•  Cash Farm Lease (with Flexible Provisions) NCR-76
  
•  Crop-share or Crop-share/Cash Farm Lease NCR-77
  
• Irrigation Crop-share or Crop-share/Cash Farm Lease NCR-106 Pasture Lease CR-10

• USDA Agricultural Land Values and Cash Rents 2009 Report
• Farm Building or Livestock Facility Lease NCR-215

Past Report