Land Buying & Valuing

This page provides information on land values in Kansas and tools for valuing land. 

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Land Buying and Valuing

Title Author Date Downloads
Kansas Land Values Book 2023 January 30, 2024
USDA 2023 Land Values Summary

Link to USDA report: https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/pn89d6567/9w...

August 9, 2023
Kansas Land Values Book 2022

Detailed 2022 land sale information and trends at state, regional and county levels.

April 28, 2023
An Analysis of Agricultural Land Ownership in Kansas January 23, 2023
USDA 2022 Land Values Summary

Link to USDA: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/land0822.pdf

August 8, 2022
Using USDA NASS Farmland Values for Farm Management Decision Making

 

August 8, 2022
Kansas Land Values Book 2021

Detailed 2021 land sale information and trends at state, regional and county levels.

February 18, 2022
USDA 2021 Land Values Summary

Link to USDA: https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/pn89d6567/5m...

August 6, 2021
Kansas Land Values Book 2020

Detailed 2020 land sale information and trends at state, regional and county levels.

April 15, 2021
USDA 2020 Land Values Summary

Link to USDA: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/land0820.pdf

August 6, 2020
Agricultural Landlord Net Income Under Alternative Tax Computation Methods - An Update April 29, 2020
2019 Kansas County-Level Land Values for Cropland and Pasture

Kansas Land Values - Webinar: https://agmanager.info/news/recent-videos/kansas-land-values-impacts-covid-19

April 16, 2020
Kansas Land Values Book 2019

Detailed 2019 land sale information and trends at state, regional and county levels.

April 16, 2020
Agricultural Landlord Net Income Under Alternative Tax Computation Methods February 13, 2020
The Kansas Farm Economy: Navigating Rough Waters January 21, 2020
Agricultural Net Income Situation for Property Tax Calculations Webinar: Recording and Slides

Allen Featherstone discusses the process for calculating the landlord net income for property tax computations and provides information with regard to when agricultural landlord net income may begin to fall. Given net farm income, the divergence between use value net farm income and the net incomes received by farmers continues to be an item of discussion. There is also some discussion on looking at how net income would follow farm income if the eight year average of the eight year averages was modified. Leah Tsoodle assists with the information presented.

July 2, 2019
2018 Kansas Land Values: Webinar Recording

View paper on county-level land values

Dr. Mykel Taylor presents her analysis of Kansas land values, including current land value trends in Kansas and a discussion on the state of the Kansas farm economy. 

May 1, 2019
2018 Kansas County-Level Land Values for Cropland and Pasture

View May 1 webinar and slides

Dr. Mykel Taylor has released her county-level estimates for 2018 Kansas land values for irrigated and non-irrigated cropland, and pasture.

April 29, 2019

Land Use Value Research

Title Author Date Downloads
2023 Fence Material and Construction Cost in Kansas
March 4, 2024
2023 Pasture Leasing Arrangements in Kansas
July 27, 2023
Bluestem Pasture Report 2023 July 14, 2023
2022 Input Cost Survey in Kansas
January 30, 2023
Custom Rates Survey

The latest survey was completed in 2022 and is displayed here. The previous 2020 and 2018 surveys are further below. 

May 13, 2022
2021 Irrigated Farm Leasing Arrangements in Kansas
April 1, 2022
Bluestem Pasture Report 2021 June 3, 2021
2020 Non-Irrigated Crop Leasing Arrangements in Kansas
November 3, 2020
2019 Fence Material and Construction Cost in Kansas
May 18, 2020
Agricultural Landlord Net Income Under Alternative Tax Computation Methods - An Update April 29, 2020
2019 Pasture Leasing Arrangements In Kansas
March 13, 2020
Agricultural Landlord Net Income Under Alternative Tax Computation Methods February 13, 2020
Agricultural Net Income Situation for Property Tax Calculations Webinar: Recording and Slides

Allen Featherstone discusses the process for calculating the landlord net income for property tax computations and provides information with regard to when agricultural landlord net income may begin to fall. Given net farm income, the divergence between use value net farm income and the net incomes received by farmers continues to be an item of discussion. There is also some discussion on looking at how net income would follow farm income if the eight year average of the eight year averages was modified. Leah Tsoodle assists with the information presented.

July 2, 2019
Bluestem Pasture Release 2019 June 19, 2019
Input Cost Survey in Kansas
February 20, 2019
2017 Irrigation Equipment Cost Survey in Kansas January 22, 2019
2017 Irrigated Farm Leasing Arrangements in Kansas
April 26, 2018
Methodologies and Data Sources Used in Determining the Landlord's Share of 2016 Calendar Year Net Returns for Irrigated Cropland for the Agricultural Land Use-Values April 17, 2018