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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.
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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 ...
In 2014, the Indiana state legislature passed a law that cut the corporate income tax from 8.50% in 2014 to 6.25% in 2016, with further decreases to be phased in until the rate falls to 4.9% in 2022. [5] Indiana is the only state that imposes corporate income taxes based on fiscal year instead of calendar year.
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.
Now, with farmers facing weak margins this spring, they're more likely to look for cost savings among their fertilizer or crop protection chemicals, Taylor said. (Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter and ...
The Barns at Nappanee, Home of Amish Acres, formerly known solely as Amish Acres, is a tourist attraction in Nappanee, Indiana, created from an eighty-acre (thirty-two-hectare) Old Order Amish farm. The farm was purchased in October 1968 at auction from the Manasses Kuhns’ estate.
Reduced tillage [note 1] leaves between 15 and 30% crop residue cover on the soil or 500 to 1000 pounds per acre (560 to 1100 kg/ha) of small grain residue during the critical erosion period. This may involve the use of a chisel plow, field cultivators, or other implements.