![](https://d3ilqtpdwi981i.cloudfront.net/AY3Z53fSV6rLuR30PWZPl0GXZGY=/425x550/smart/https://bepress-attached-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/47/0b/36/470b3674-203d-471e-a590-48d4d9dfb800/thumbnail_61583d91-ea59-49c3-b2db-a9cfe7e7c410.jpg)
Article
Are Agricultural Professionals’ Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent?
CARD Working Papers
Publication Date
2-1-2018
Series Number
18-WP 578
Abstract
Using agricultural professionals’ forecasts of future farmland values and corn and soybean cash prices for their service area, we analyze whether their land and corresponding crop price expectations are consistent. We find that changes in expected land prices over time are positively correlated with expected crop price changes, suggesting these two forecasts are somewhat consistent. More importantly, we find that the linkage between these two forecasts is significantly stronger in the medium- and long-term as opposed to the short-term, as well as a substantially stronger correlation for districts that have heavier reliance on crop production as a net farm income source.
Disciplines
Citation Information
Wendong Zhang, Wei Zhang and Chad Hart. "Are Agricultural Professionals’ Farmland Value and Crop Price Forecasts Consistent?" (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wendong_zhang/79/