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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 ...
The percentage of Americans who live on a farm diminished from nearly 25% during the Great Depression to about 2% now, [8] and only 0.1% of the United States population works full-time on a farm. As the agribusiness lobby grows to near $60 million per year, [ 9 ] the interests of agricultural corporations remain highly represented.
Iowa Farmer Today was launched September 8, 1984, [1] at a time when the tremors of the farm crisis were being felt throughout the Midwest. Publisher Steve DeWitt held discussions for several months with the Cedar Rapids Gazette for the need for a publication focused entirely on the issues facing Iowa's farmers. The complicated business of ...
With thousands of ag-related jobs already cut, Iowans wonder how deep downturn will go. 'For a lot of folks, with these prices today, they're in the red.'
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]