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Farm sales fetch highest dollar near cities

01/09/24 9:39 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS drought and SGMA impact farmland values and sales farms in white areas lose value urban sprawl buys up prime farmland
An analysis of trends in California farmland sales over the past 20 years shows that values jumped following droughts and correlate to urban development pressures.
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Brad Hooker
Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West

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