Cash rents coming down, returns on owned land higher

A farm management specialist with the University of Illinois says most farm managers expect cash rents to decline in 2026. Gary Schnitkey says depressed commodity prices continue to weigh on land values and cash rents. “We’re seeing slight declines in farmland prices from the beginning of the year, and that’s somewhere in the 2 to […]

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