摘要：Survey responses from about 400 agricultural bankers in the Seventh Federal Reserve District show that farmland values edged up slightly this winter. Results from the April 1 survey indicate that District farmland values, on average, registered a gain of nearly 1 percent during the winter months. Although fairly modest, it marked the first quarterly increase of significance in a year and accounted for most of the reported 1.5 percent increase over the past year. Despite the first quarter rise, a majority of those surveyed believe farmland values will remain stable this spring. The bankers also reported that the demand for farm loans continued above year-earlier levels and that interest rates on farm loans continued on a downtrend.
