Comment Comment by k_sh > how much has "too" varied over time though?Looks like[0] the real value of your average acre of US farmland is about 3x what it was fifty years ago. There's more data available if you want to drill down into cropland vs pastureland, and specific regions (e.g., Corn Belt vs the Southeast).[0]: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-v... parent k_sh 7 years ago
Looks like[0] the real value of your average acre of US farmland is about 3x what it was fifty years ago. There's more data available if you want to drill down into cropland vs pastureland, and specific regions (e.g., Corn Belt vs the Southeast).
[0]: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-v...