What is the value of an acre in your area?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

I was in a wedding this weekend and some boys from Iowa were part of the bridal party. They were telling me tillable land up there was going for pretty outrageous prices.

We live on the north side of the Des Moines river basin, in the Skunk River basin.

Some of the tillable here is going for well over $20K if it EVER changes hands.

EDIT: The only land worth more is farmland that happens to be in the metro growth areas north and west of Des Moines.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

We live on the north side of the Des Moines river basin, in the Skunk River basin.

Some of the tillable here is going for well over $20K if it EVER changes hands.

EDIT: The only land worth more is farmland that happens to be in the metro growth areas north and west of Des Moines.

Ballpark figure on what the farmland is going for per acre?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Ballpark figure on what the farmland is going for per acre?

The only land sale I have been completely privy to lately was mostly hardwood timber and ditches, plus an abandoned coal mine. Crap ground really, unless you're a hunter. 7 acres went for $100K.

[ndws]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

We live on the north side of the Des Moines river basin, in the Skunk River basin.

Some of the tillable here is going for well over $20K if it EVER changes hands.

EDIT: The only land worth more is farmland that happens to be in the metro growth areas north and west of Des Moines.

I know a guy around Dallas Center who has quite a bit of ground. Last time we talked to him, it was outrageous then. I can only imagine what a couple of high dollar corn years will do to that.