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It tracks the value of 70 farms in the five-state region that Omaha, Nebraska-based Farm Credit Services serves — 21 of which are in Iowa. Despite the decline, the average value of Iowa farmland ...
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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 ...
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]
In January 2015, the Des Moines Water Works "sued drainage districts in three northern Iowa counties, claiming the tiles there act as a conduit that accelerates the movement of fertilizer from farm fields into Iowa waterways". [14] Between 2010 and 2015 more than 60 Iowa cities and towns had high nitrate levels in drinking water. [14]
Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
In 2021, renewable energy companies held about 90% of the state's foreign-held land — about 453,000 of nearly 508,000 acres — through leases that are at least a decade long, according to 2021 ...
The Land Trust for Tennessee is the only statewide organization in Tennessee actively conserving farmland. [7] Since its founding, the organization has worked with private landowners to protect more than 40,000 acres of farmland, including multiple "Century Farms" owned and continuously operated by the same family for more than 100 years.