WREP0034 How to Analyze an Investment in Farmland. Gayle Willett and Myron Wirth. This publication shows how to analyze a proposed investment in additional farmland to find the value of additional land to the investor and the maximum price the investor can afford. Considers such factors as annual returns to and returns from the land, cost and risk of financing, income taxes, and real estate taxes. Supplemented with tables, worksheets, and references. Published April 1980. 16 pages. $.50.