AgConditions

The Chicago Fed collects data on a variety of agricultural business conditions and conducts research on selected topics.

Agricultural Markets and Food Price Inflation

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference on the economic impacts of volatile agricultural costs and food price inflation.

The presentations from this conference can be downloaded here.

Land Value and Credit Conditions Survey

Representatives of participating banks provide information quarterly on land values and credit conditions in the areas they serve.

Take the current Land Value and Credit Conditions Survey

AgLetter

A newsletter published four times each year on agricultural land values and credit conditions using data from our quarterly survey.

In the latest edition of AgLetter

Farmland values drop in first quarter
According to the most recent AgLetter, there was a 6 percent quarterly decrease in Seventh District farmland values in the first quarter of 2009. Also, there was a year-over-year increase of only 2 percent in the value of “good” agricultural land for the District. (PDF,230KB)

Historical Data

Historical data on credit conditions at Seventh District agricultural banks and on farmland values in the Seventh District are available for download as spreadsheets. Recent data for credit conditions are also available on the third page of the AgLetter.
credit_conditions_7th_district.xls (XLS,37KB)
land_values_7th_district.xls (XLS,15KB)