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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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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 ...
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 ...
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]
With more layoffs expected, experts question whether the downturn will be short-lived or replicate the six-year agricultural recession that began in 2014, costing 5,670 farm-related jobs in Iowa ...
This is lower than the economic impact in Iowa of non-farm manufacturing, which accounts for 22.4% of total value added and 26.5% of total output. [3] Iowa's main agricultural outputs are hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle, eggs and dairy products. Iowa is the nation's largest producer of ethanol and corn.
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 ...