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EnergySurging U.S. crop prices reverse fortunes in rural Iowa Tom Polansek 1/5 Brothers Chris and Bret Hays with their new tractor and planter in a field at their farm in Malvern, Iowa, U.S., April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey Read More U.S. farmer Rob Arkfeld was vacationing on a sandy beach in Mexicos Riviera Maya when he won an online auction to rent 535 acres of cropland back home in Iowa by bidding nearly double the local average for each acre. While sipping a drink and swiping his smar...

Surging U.S. crop prices reverse fortunes in rural Iowa By Tom Polansek Reuters (Reuters) - U.S. farmer Rob Arkfeld was vacationing on a sandy beach in Mexicos Riviera Maya when he won an online auction to rent 535 acres of cropland back home in Iowa by bidding nearly double the local average for each acre. While sipping a drink and swiping his smartphone, the 48-year-old agreed to pay an annual rent of $417.50 per acre for the next two years for the ground in Mills County. That amount is b...