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.
In the Southeast and Mid-South, another survey indicates higher appreciation of non-irrigated and irrigated farmland and pasture land in recent months. A survey released by the Farmland Investor Letter indicates non-irrigated cropland values averaged $3,141 per acre, irrigated cropland values $4,477 per acre and pasture land $2,239 per acre.