A farm real estate expert expects a continued increase in farmland sales this year.

Randy Dickhut with Farmers National Company tells Brownfield better land prices sparked an uptick last fall which has maintained an upward trend because of optimism triggered by stronger grain prices and pandemic assistance payments.

“Auction sales have been hitting price levels near the 2013-14 top in land prices.”

He predicts those prices will hold steady and that more non-operating or recently inherited landowners will take the opportunity to sell this fall and winter.

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