Farmers' fortunes.

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Home values may be taking a dive nationwide, but farmland is soaring. It's probably America's strongest real estate market, according to The Christian Science Monitor. Nationally, farmland is up nearly 9 percent from a year ago. In Iowa, it's up 18 percent, and in South Dakota, it's up 21 percent. But this can put land "out of reach to all but those who have large farms and/or corporate backing," says Brian Dabson, a...