Jim Jansen is an agricultural economist and extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

The value of non-irrigated cropland in the central Plains region of the U.S. rose between an average of 5 and 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to 2020, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Jansen covers the reasons behind this and what he expects for the rest of 2021.

Fore more, read Jansen's latest article on the subject at farm.unl.edu.