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Changes in the farm economy, such as the rising cost of farmland (from $20 an acre in 1850 to $50 an acre in 1870), a decline in prices for agricultural production, and increased costs of mechanized farming favored the larger landowners. Smaller family farms at Beech Settlement that were less prosperous were sold and their former owners moved away.
The county's farmland is highly productive and is among the top 10% of Indiana counties in terms of crop yield per acre. [7] In 2009, 94,700 acres (38,300 ha) of corn was planted and 93,100 acres (37,700 ha) acres harvested, yielding an average of 187 bushels per acre (11.7 metric tons per hectare) for a total corn production of 17.4 million ...
As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms, covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi), an average of 441 acres (178 hectares) per farm. [ 2 ] Agriculture in the United States is highly mechanized, with an average of only one farmer or farm laborer required per square kilometer of farmland for agricultural ...
Arrival in Northwest Indiana In October 1869 the family took legal title to the Chellberg Farm property. On November 1, 1869, the Kjellberg (Chellberg) family took possession of what is known as the Chellberg Farm. John Oherg and Anders Kjellberg represented the family in the purchase of 80 acres (32 ha) from J. H. Wicker. It cost $12.00 per acre.
So planting cover crops on his entire 1,400 acres of row cropland costs $56,000 a year — all to cultivate a crop he can’t sell, although grazing his cows on those cover crops does save him an ...
Indiana is the eighth largest agricultural exporter in the nation, exporting just over $4.6 billion in 2017. Indiana is the tenth largest farming state in the nation. Top 5 commodities (by value of sales) Corn: $3.28 billion Soybeans: $3.08 billion Meat animals: $1.62 billion Poultry and eggs: $1.18 billion Dairy: $750 million
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The population density was 2,898.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,119.0/km 2). There were 608 housing units at an average density of 1,210.2 per square mile (467.3/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the town was 98.49% White , 0.48% Native American , 0.07% Asian , 0.07% from other races , and 0.89% from two or more races.