In 2023, Ohio had 13.7 million acres of land in farms, and in 2024, that dropped to 13.5 million acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported.

According to this data, farmland value has seen a 92 percent increase since 2015, when the average price per acre of farmland was just over $6,000 in northwest and west central Ohio.

A 13.7-acre Carrollton property with streams, forest, ravines and wetlands is being transformed into a public park.