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.
âThis led to a great deal of farmland being sold last year that might otherwise have been available to the market in 2013. As of July 1, 2013, he said, farmland prices averaged $13,200 for excellent quality farmland in Illinois, $11,200 for good land, $9,000 for average quality land and $8,300 for fair quality farmland.