Declining Farm income has been hitting land owners by about a 20-30% reduction in Southern Minnesota and Northern IA. If you are at a point where you are thinking declining incomes along with other ownership responsibilities may not be for you anymore we encourage you to look at something called a DST. DST stands for Delaware Statutory Trust, we have had great success using the 1031 exchange proceeds from farm sales to not only free owners from the volatility of the market but increase and stabilized income. Check out the link below from about.com for a good read!
http://homebuying.about.com/od/investmentproperties/a/120108_Delaware.htm