The purpose of this project is to collect and report quarterly farmland values for the Northeast. The project began in late 1984 with the contact of prospective survey participants. Individuals such as realtors, appraisers and agricultural credit personnel were contacted through a variety of techniques but the primary method was and continues to be by mail. When the first survey was sent in early January 1985, sixty-four people had agreed to participate in a quarterly survey of farmland values. They provided information about values in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Vermont. Each year since then participants have been deleted and added to the respondent list. No participant has been located in Rhode Island.