Purdue Commercial AgCast

Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture

Farm management news and advice for top agricultural producers from ag economists at Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture.

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Purdue Commercial AgCast

Episodes (209)

Feb 25th Lessons From the Delta, Part 2: Land Values, Capital Markets, and the Business of Rice
Feb 18th Lessons From the Delta, Part 1: What Midwestern Farmers Can Learn From Southern Agriculture
Feb 3rd Farmer Sentiment Drops Sharply — What It Signals for Farm Finances in 2026

Purdue Commercial AgCast

Feb 25, 2026
17¼ minutes
8 MB

Lessons From the Delta continues — but this time, the focus shifts from fields to finance. In Episode 2 of the Purdue Commercial AgCast mini-series, Chad Fiechter and Todd Kuethe sit down with Aaron Shew of Acres to explore how farmland is valued, how capital moves through the Delta, and why agricultural land markets are more complex than most producers realize. Unlike residential real estate, there is no “Zestimate” for farmland. In many counties, fewer than 10 land transactions occur each year — yet prices can shift 5–10% annually. That creates real challenges for lenders, brokers, investors, and farmers trying to make lo...

Purdue Commercial AgCast

Lessons From the Delta, Part 2: Land Values, Capital Markets, and the Business of Rice

Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture

00:00 -17:24