The President of the Senate (who by the Constitution is also the Vice President of the United States) is Joseph Robinette BIDEN (D). The President pro tempore of the Senate is Daniel Ken INOUYE (D-HI). The Senate Majority Leader is Harry Mason REID (D-NV). The Senate Minority Leader is Addison Mitchell McCONNELL (R-KY).
Acre of farmland that a decade ago sold for an average of $2,275 now goes for $8,700. Some banks have responded by becoming more conservative in their loans as farmland values ascend. USDA has predicted more typical weather conditions in 2013 would generate a record corn and soybean harvest.
Agricultural Land Values Highlights. The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged. $3,020 per acre for 2015, up 2.4 percent from 2014 values. Regional changes in the average value of farm real estate. ranged from a 6.1 percent increase in the Southern Plains region to 0.3 percent decrease in the Corn Belt region. The. highest farm real estate values were in the Corn Belt region at $6,350 per acre.