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.
Four-star Marine general led the U.S. Southern Command and troops in Iraq; his son was killed in Afghanistan. Updated Dec. 7, 2016 2:53 p.m. WASHINGTONâDonald Trump has picked retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security in his new administration, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday.