In this issue: The 2015 Purdue Land Values and Cash Rent Survey shows the general direction to be lower. Average farmland values were down 4% to 5% across the state and cash rents were down 1% to 2%. Surprisingly, some regions and land classes had increases, so look closely at Tables 1 and Table 2!
Answer: The protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression, or other threats as directed by the President. The Department of Defense is responsible for homeland defense.
The Coast Guard is one of 22 governmental departments that will be under the auspices of Homeland Security, a merger that will be fully completed by March 1. At that time, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will be in charge of 175,000 employees.