(Omaha World-Herald) -- Omaha.com reports, "Nebraska's cropland could lose half its value if interest rates rise and grain prices fall," two Federal Reserve economists said in a publication Monday. Farmland prices reached records at the end of 2010, with average increases of nearly 18% in Nebraska 17.6% in the past year. "Since 2004, the USDA estimated, farmland prices are up 40%."
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