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A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows cropland in Iowa climbed 4.1% to an average of $9,800 an acre, based on a snapshot of farmland values in June compared to the same month a year ...
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Despite rising interest rates and lower farm income, Iowa farmland values averaged a record $11,835 this year, an Iowa State University survey shows Iowa farmland values climb 3.7% in 2023 ...
In 2011, the state had 92,300 corn farms on 30,700,000 acres (12,400,000 ha), the average size being 333 acres (135 ha), and the average dollar value per acre being US$6,708. In the same year, there were 13.7 million harvested acres of corn for grain, producing 2.36 billion bushels, which yielded 172.0 bu/acre, with US$14.5 billion of corn ...
Agriculture is the most dangerous industry for young workers, accounting for 42% of all work-related fatalities of young workers in the U.S. between 1992 and 2000. In 2011, 108 youth, less than 20 years of age, died from farm-related injuries. [46] Unlike other industries, half the young victims in agriculture were under age 15. [47]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR or IA DNR) is a department/agency of the U.S. state of Iowa formed in 1986, charged with maintaining state parks and forests, protecting the environment of Iowa, and managing energy, fish, wildlife, land resources, and water resources of Iowa.
And farmland values, often a big part of growers' assets, are holding steady after a couple years of record high prices. Average Iowa farmland values fell 6.4% from 2014 to 2019, an annual ISU ...
Owning nearly 15,000 acres of land in Iowa through his private ownership of Stine Seed, [12] In 2018, he was listed as the wealthiest in Iowa with a net worth of $3.2 billion by Forbes . [ 13 ] In 2019, he increased his fortune by $1.8 billion to $5 billion ranking him the richest Iowan and #131 richest in the United States by Forbes.