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, Dec. 14, 2013 Editor's Note: This story first was published in Northern Illinois Ag Mag, published by Sauk Valley Media and distributed in November. Mark Fassler and his brother Tim were finishing up their soybean harvest in early October. The brothers, who took over farming for their father, work 4,100 acres of soybeans and commercial corn between Sterling and Dixon. This y..

Population growth has driven English farmland values to a record high, according to figures from Knight Frank. The property agency’s farmland index reported a 7 per cent increase in values in 2013 to reach an average of just under £6,700 per acre, and the team predicts Large blocks of investment-grade arable land in the UK now regularly sell for over £10,000 per ac..

on January 01 2014 10:34 AM A corn farm in the United States Reuters U.S. farms and related agricultural industries could be entering a harsh years-long winter in 2014, if analysts are right about declining capital spending and potential asset bubbles in U.S. farmland. William Blair & Co. analyst Larry de Maria warned in August of an impending cyclical downturn, am..

17 hours, 46 min ago From illinoisagconnection.com From From illinoisagconnection.com: Growth for the Rural Mainstreet economy climbed, according to the December survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state area. Overall: The Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI), which ranges between 0 and 100, with 50.0 representing growth neutral, rose to 56.1 from November's moderate 54.3. "The..

2013. 12. 27 17 hours, 46 min ago From illinoisagconnection.com From From illinoisagconnection.com: Growth for the Rural Mainstreet economy climbed, according to the December survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state area. Overall: The Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI), which ranges between 0 and 100, with 50.0 representing growth neutral, rose to 56.1 from November's moderate 54..

24 12월, 14:50www.thepigsite.com GLOBAL - A new study conducted for the European Commission suggests that abandoned farmland is widespread in Central and Eastern Europe and that not all land that has been abandoned is unsuitable for farming.    Understanding how abandoned farmland is distributed may be important for making land management decisions – for i..

22 12월, 15:10www.vnews.com Din Tai Fung, a restaurant in Shanghai’s Xintiandi district, is famous for its steamed pork dumplings. The pigs that keep those dumplings on the table are fattened with corn — much of it imported from the United States.    American farmers have prospered during a three-year boom in corn and cropland prices. As values have soar..

19 12월, 01:45www.odt.co.nz The New Zealand Superannuation Fund returned 27.76% on its investments in the last 12 months to lift its value to nearly $25 billion at the end of November.    Since inception in 2003, the fund has returned 9.55% a year and in November returned 1.66%.    The fund, set up by former finance minister Sir Michael Cullen and also k..

17 12월, 01:07www.investmentu.com Last week Forbes came out with its 2014 Investment Guide. The cover promises “365 Ways to Get Rich.”    I plowed through all of them. Some ideas were excellent and insightful. Others were dreadful and even harmful. This week I’ll cover both.    I’ll review some of the worst advice today. In my next column we’ll..

...   16 12월, 05:30www.abc.net.au The Mid Western Regional Council says new valuations for almost 100 farmland properties found to be incorrectly valued in 2011, are again inconsistent.    A report to this week's council meeting indicates the majority of the 2013 property valuations have increased in value, some by up to 331 per cent, despite being surrounded..