<p>A combine harvests wheat in a field south of Chapman, Kan., in June 2009.</p>
December 26, 2010
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December 26, 2010 8 p.m.
Midwest farmland prices soar due to high demand
DES MOINES, Iowa - Increased commodity prices and strong demand have sent prices of farmland skyrocketing, making it more difficult for young and beginning farmers to get established but strengthening the balance sheets for those who own the land.