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| Rough figures from Iowa price charts
year , land price , corn price , rough ratio
1950 , ,, 152 . , ,, 1.09 . ,,,, about 150
1970 , ,, 308 . , ,, 1.55 ., , ,,, 200
1980 , ,, 1335 . ,,, 3.75 ., ,,,,, 360
1990 , ,, 738 . , ,, , 2.31 . ,, , 330
2010 , ,, 3938 . , ,, 6.39 . , ,, 600
2023 , ,, 8910 . ,,, 4.70 . , ,,, 1900
Just some rough figures that I never though of before. Either farmers are getting a lot more efficient or some thing. Even if you figured yield are 3 times as much, looks pretty unstable. | |
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Lessons we learned twice last century
