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).
The crash was especially severe in Iowa, where the value of the state's farmland plunged from $2,147 an acre in 1981 to a low of $787 five years later, a drop of 63 percent. A third of the state's farms went out of business.
As you go shopping for land, you may be surprised by the prices. U.S. farmland values have appreciated by more than 1,200% since 2000, making it one of the top three best performing asset classes over the last decade. Today, the average price for U.S. farmland is over $2,000 per acre.