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Pasture And Grazing Land Price Information

Matthew Diersen and, Martin Beutler (January, 2003)

Summary

Pasture and grazing lands are a valuable resource with a price determined by productivity and market forces. Knowledge of land values is useful when deciding between utilizing grazing land and renting it to others. Knowledge of current returns to land is useful for determining the value of livestock that utilize forage. Finally, the knowledge is useful for those buying or selling land. Various sources of land price information are provided to improve awareness of price availability, when prices are released, and factors that influence prices.