Now is the time to transition from financial assets to real assets. The average value of farmland has jumped by 220 percent in South Dakota and by 123 percent in Iowa during the past 10 years, according to a survey of benchmark farms conducted by Farm Credit Services of America. Values rose 78 percent in Nebraska and 118 percent in Wyoming. This is according to an article by Brian Louis. (Read more in “Farmland Reaps Bonanza for TIAA as Commodities Rise” Bloomberg.com).

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